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...Complete in Two quarto volumes. c.1905. Dark green cloth, gilt titles, marbled edges and endpapers. 784pp. Lavishly illustrated. Includes the islands lately acquired from Spain and Hawaii and the Philippines. Illustrated with more than twelve hundred special photographs, color types, and new colored maps. N.D. Thompson Publishing Co., St. Louis, New York, Etc.,...

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... (ouI—oHO sCL, SD < o^ i^!o Jo \^ Ir-" ^z Io<1 ( OUR ISLANDS AND THEIR PEO... ...ERFECT PHOTOGRAPHIC AND DESCRIPTIVE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE ISLANDS LATELY ACQUIRED FROM SPAIN, INCLUDING HAWAII AND THE PHILIPPINES; ... ...HILLS AND MOUNTAINS, SO COMPLETE AS TO PRACTICALLY TRANSFER THE ISLANDS AND THEIR PEOPLE TO THE PICTURED PAGE.WITH A SPECIAL... ... see a strange action of this kind. Being in the fields hunting the islands have been gleaned by later writers, and it is universally toge... ...an hour, the wild boar meanwhile attcmi>ting other ran wild in the island. The dogs brought over by the Span- many times to escape. ... ...wer orders. But we arc dis-on the floor it bounded about like a miniature kangaroo, traveling posed to believe that these statements are overdr...

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...nney provides fascinating reading on the development of natural history in Australia beginning with the first incredulous reactions by Dampier to the kangaroo. All of the 100+ color and black and white illustrations included in the book are reproductions of original drawings and paintings of Australian plants and animals as they were first depicted by the early natural his...

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...ndies; chiefly as to their Legs; for these have very short Fore-Legs; but go jumping upon them as the others do...' Thus Dampier recorded the first kangaroos or wallabies he saw. ...

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...bout animalsmore intimate feel for the monthly, or, where the such as kangaroos or wombats, and the earlyhistorical record is incomplete, the yea... ... Australian flora had always been easier tophysiology was carried out on kangaroos and illustrate: depictions of plants were in generalplaty... ...n the vicinity of Bruny valid taxonomy of various species include J.Island off the coast of Tasmania. Anderson, K. Aplin, W. Boles,... ...botany, as was Robert Brown. The problem Home, recognised that the kangaroos and nativeremained that most of the surgeons could spare cat... ..., which rise and perish, like so manyCarnivora and the Rodentia, while the kangaroos mushrooms, and which appear to be of no otherthey included ... ... authors. In Australia, Barron Field echoed theseplatypus. If the kangaroo and the native cats same sentiments. W... ...gy, the theologians' last defense of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, aof the biblical domain of geology before it seminal link b... ...amingh, for a large rat. De Vlamingh named the island on which he found these ‘rats’ ‘Ratsnest... ...sland on which he found these ‘rats’ ‘Ratsnest Island’, or ‘Rottnest’ Island in Dutch. Later s...

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...In the early days of our travelling through the islands of the Ha'apai group in central Tonga, we met up with a Kiwi couple in a quiet anchorage. Alan and Liz had recently sailed to Stewart Island in the far south of New Zealand with their kids and were keen to share their...

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...PART ONE LANDFALL NEW ZEALAND : CYCLONE ON OUR TAIL GOOD AS GOLD IN GOD'S OWN - Bay of Islands WARRIORS ONCE AGAIN: TE AURERE'S EPIC VOYAGE ENDS BUSBY’S DREAM CADILLACS AND CANOES – historical perspective ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER ADVENTURE AFLOAT (Great Barrier Island) HANGING OUT WITH A LEGEND : DR. DAVID ...

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... To slowly explore the lands of the Pacific. To go cruising. Toexplore the tiny island nations of the South Pacific before they wereswallowed up by t... ...nother – for example, across the Pacific from Papeete(Tahiti) to Rarotonga (Cook Islands) to Nuku’alofa (Tonga) to Suva (Fiji) toPort Vila (Vanuatu) t... ...rt to clearance port. Todawdle. To explore. To be permitted to cruise within the island groups. To bethe first yacht in a previously untested and unvi... ...countries started granting cruising permitsauthorizing yachts to visit the outer island groups. These off-the-beaten-track landfalls were always a ... ...aving our helpers sitting underthe glow of an LED light bulb, looking at Pacific Islands Monthly magazinesthat we had brought ashore. Just as the wind... ...iful beaches, immense deserts, and weirdanimals (80% of which are unique to Oz). Kangaroos, wallabies, koalas,platypuses, wombats, to name a few of th... ...side of Shoal Bay is Deep Hole anchorage. Attwilight, the beach comes alive with kangaroos and wallabies allhopping about, looking for trouble or some... ...imand sometimes a snooze before heading back to Hobart at sunset andanchoring in Kangaroo Bay near Bellerive Yacht Club. At this latitude,summer twili... ...ed ma-RYE-ah) Island. In the evening,from the comfort of our cockpit, we watched kangaroos and wallabiesforaging on the beach. Anticipating a short...

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...on: Since My Return From Australia, I Have Been Solicited By a Number Of Friends to Give Them a History of My Adventures in That Land of Gold, Where Kangaroos Are Supposed to Be As Plenty As Natives, and Jump Ten Times As Far, and Where Natives Are Imagined to Be Continually Lying In Ambush for the Purpose of Making a Hearty Meal Upon the Bodies of Those Unfortunate Trave...

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...e Buried Treasure) 438Pg 137Volume 2 Chapter 67 (The Island Ghost.--Narrow Escape 445Of Mr. Brown) Pg 138 ... ...45Of Mr. Brown) Pg 138 827Volume 2 Chapter 67 (The Island Ghost.--Narrow Escape 447Of Mr. Brown) Pg 139V... ...cape 447Of Mr. Brown) Pg 139Volume 2 Chapter 67 (The Island Ghost.--Narrow Escape 450Of Mr. Brown) Pg 140V... ...cape 450Of Mr. Brown) Pg 140Volume 2 Chapter 67 (The Island Ghost.--Narrow Escape 453Of Mr. Brown) Pg 141V... ...iends To Give Them A History Of My Adventures In That Land OfGold, Where Kangaroos Are Supposed To Be As Plenty As Natives, AndJump Ten ... ... 477 You Feared It Would Go Off, Can Knock Over A Kangaroo At ThirtyRods Distance, And Never Miss Once Out Of A Dozen Shots... ...nd I JistCollected A Few Dried Twigs, Lashed Them On The Head With Dried KangarooSinews, Tougher Than An Undertaker's Heart, And When I Found That... ...d Hesitated For A Moment, And While He WasConsidering The Matter, A Huge Kangaroo Bounded From The Woods On Our Left,Passed Within Ten Feet Of Us,... ... 567Volume 2 Chapter 72 (The Escape From The Fire.) Pg179 "That Kangaroo Knows The Best Route For Getting Clear Of TheDanger. Let's Follo...

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...th America Maple Crunch: Canada Bolton, Ontario Niagara, Ontario Montreal Quebec City Calgary Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Chapter 3 Flying kangaroo: Australia Sydney Brisbane Cairns Chapter 4 Asia Rainbow nation: Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Where east meets the west: Singapore The land of entwined rivers: Bangladesh Dhaka city Azimpura Dayera Sharif Bogra ...

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...aBolton, OntarioNiagara, OntarioMontrealQuebec CityCalgarySaskatoon, SaskatchewanChapter 3Flying kangaroo: AustraliaSydneyBrisbaneCairnsChapter 4AsiaR... ...these hand blown Venetian glasses show-cased on windows – the extraordinaryMurano glass from the island of Murano on the Venetian lagoon. Enclosed wit... ...rdinator. I need to change my address as well to be closer towork. I move in with Dr Robbins, at Island Park Drive. Dr Robbins (this is his real name,... ...avenot changed it, since he is a public figure), who is a retired government officer in his 70’s.Island Park Drive is one of the posh suburbs in Ottaw... ... in the backyard. We spend ourweekends picking baskets full of berries and bringing them back to Island Park Drive. This berrypicking ceremony is real... ...occur when one tectonic plate is forced underneath by another; one thathappened in mid-Vancouver Island in British Columbia. During the 18th century, ... ...nations live a modern life today inharmony and freedom. Chapter ThreeFlying KangaroosAustraliaLarrikin is the slang term used onc... ...led with golden sunshine, this vast land is uniquely blessed withtropical flora, fauna, animals: Kangaroos leap so high that they look as though they ...

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...We are living in exciting times: Hawaiian- language immersion schools from pre-school through high school have been established on all the main islands of Hawaii; more and more high schools—both public and private—are adding Hawaiian-language classes to their curriculum; enrollment is up in Hawaiian-language classes at the college and university level across the stat...

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....Safeguard us!That we may grow in the heavens,That we may grow on the earth,That we may flourish in the islands ofHawai‘i!Grant us knowledge,Grant us ... ...through high school have been establishedaku käkou i loko o ia mähele ‘o ka on all the main islands of Hawai‘i; more andho’oponopono. I lo... ... be conversing with friends orright now, okay? That’s not a bad thing. Isn’t whoever on the other islands, right nowit interesting that the Hawa... ...t was after all these experiences of and to provide new material in the language.going around the islands and hearing peopleexpress so eloquentl... ... ing—ma ka hana ka ‘ike.educators, people who didn’t go to college,etc., and they’re from all over the islands. MICHAEL PULELOATalk about dive... ...and Professor Van Dyke calls the commissionsent armed police there. The aloha ‘äina “a kangaroo court” (Van Dyke quoted inrebels, who...

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...ers of the world -- The first boats -- Building a strong nation -- The earliest navigators -- Evolution of the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions sent out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the Wes...

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...trong nation -- The earliest navigators -- Evolution of the ship --Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's su... ...the sea -- Beliefs respecting the earth's shape -- Teachings of the great philosophers-- Fabulous islands of the Atlantic -- The Viking navigators -- ... ...errunning Europe, yet in the van of theCrusaders -- Discovery of Iceland -- A fish as large as an island -- Settlement of Iceland -- Discoveries ofEri... ...a strangeshore -- Attacked by the natives -- A bold rover of the north -- A cruise among Atlantic islands -- Asurprising discovery in Greenland -- Cas... ...ut spectral crews -- A ghostly company that come upout of the sea once every century -- Wandering islands -- The Phantom Ship -- The Flying Dutchman -... ...ralian Boomerang dancers............................................ 441Astounded by the sight of Kangaroos..................................... 443Mi... ... and game. It was in this place that Mr. Banks discovered the kangaroo and Australian dog, or ... ...ll game as they were able to takewith the hands or traps. The women were sometimes seen to wear a kangaroo skin; not, however, asclothing, but rather ... ...t the body so asto cover that portion which needs concealment most. Nor was it understood how the kangaroos thus strippedof their skins were captured,...

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...Intro 1. What is a vegan 2. Preachy Vegans 3. I can understand vegetarian, but vegan? 4. So what DO vegans eat? 5. Deserted islands, lions and avocados 6. A vegan world 7. Just do it 8. Counting on the next generation Sources...

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...cret agenda:he wants you to go vegan (unless you are stranded on adeserted island with a pig). He has been a vegan for morethan a decade.For more cont... ...t do (some) vegans (not) eat ................................ 935 Deserted islands, lions and avocados ........................... 97 If we are not... ...ls…...................................... 100 If you were on a deserted island, stranded with a pig, wouldn’t you eat it?......................... ...u don’t askme whether I would eat an animal if I was stranded on adeserted island, then it’s a small victory for me. You canread the answer to that qu... ...sed, it’s hard to distinguishdifferent skins. Or did you know that you buy kangarooskin when you opt for some soccer shoe models by one ofthe biggest ... ...erstanding Vegans 96 Deserted islands, lions and avocados5 Deserted islands, lions andavocados The time ... ...927 E. Visontay. 2020. Nike and Puma flouting California ban on selling kangaroo leather goods, animal rights group claims. ... ...-news/2020/aug/ 01/nike-and-puma-flouting-california-ban-on-selling- kangaroo-leather-goods-animal-rights-group-claims28 A. Weissman. 2016. Is y...

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...themselves. around the edges of lakes, swamps, estuaries and mangroves.* Eastern grey kangaroos give birth. Wit... ...e wetlands. eaten.* Big mud wasps fly about, building nests.* Mutton bird chicks hatch on Broughton Island.* A good time to take cuttings f... ...n large numbers (armies). across. A young plant is covered in powdery scales and at Corrie Island is a good place to watch their a... ...tle in bloom. smooth creamy-yellow. (If the rough bark persists to the* Snakes on Broughton Island prey upon the newly hatched ... ... moves, collecting eggs at one spot and sperm at* Fairy penguins come ashore on Broughton Island to another. The ring ... ... 9 months,* Earthworms have their first breeding period for the year. grow to maturity. Each* Kangaroo apple in berry. ... ... A f t e rpostbox red) with a yellow centre. kangaroos and The pod is a hairy, bro... ...Crimson bottlebrush is in flower.* Broad leaf geebung fruit drops to the ground.* Scribbly gum sheds it bark. KANGAROO. Aboriginal name wamboyn. The... ...xtremities (hands and feet) darker. The New Holland mouse begins to recolonise burnt, Eastern grey kangaroo, Macropus giganteus, hairy ...

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...William’s boat trip north to the Gulf of Carpentaria to commence the search, during which he survived shipwreck and mutiny on one of the Barrier Reef islands. In his day, Landsborough’s exploits were fêted but now he is largely unknown, ironically perhaps because he was such a capable bushman and explorer that he lived to tell the tale. ...

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...s trip north to the Gulf he survived shipwreck and mutiny onone of the Barrier Reef islands was the literary highlight of Dad’s book, so I moved itup ... ...orough brothersfor about nine years before moving on to live in New Zealand’s South Island, whileWill remained with his brothers for eight years, unti... ... Landsborough that “we were in much peril”,and he was going to make a run for Raine Island Passage so as to get into the moresheltered waters within t... ...he storm was so violentthat he was going to risk the Passage. At 9 a.m., the Raine Island Beacon was sighted and he headed for the passage,Kirby reco... ...rain falling. Towards evening they foundthemselves closing on the Sir Charles Hardy Islands, south of Cape York. Through therain squalls they saw land... ...cult location for Landsborough. Right at theentrance there was a sandy beach called Kangaroo Point on which the horses couldeasily have been landed, b... ...they rode on. After a furthereight miles’ riding over the tableland, they spotted a kangaroo, which Jemmy stalked 84 ... ...end of their food supplies. Tantalisingly, several times they saw emus, and once a kangaroo, but on no occasionwere they able to get a shot in. On on...

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...te again vigorously shook his head and said: “But it looks great. Is that Treasure Island?” “Yes, it is,” Hoover said all excited. He knew that Pira... ...I did once hide a bone under it.But I never found it again.” “That’s what Treasure Island is for,” said Pirate. “For hiding your treasure, sonobody c... ... “Shush! Avast!” Pirate said. “There is a big ship landing on the other side ofthe island. It’s a schooner full of pirates.” A bunch of greedy pirat... ...ze.” “Shush!” Ajax whispered. “Of course they are pirates. They are fromBloodcrust Island. Look at them how bloodthirsty they are. If they find us th... ...aburra But hang on, mate! What about another story?“Lancelot - The one-armed Kangaroo” is an orphaned joey growing up on a farm. One day he com... ...armed Kangaroo” is an orphaned joey growing up on a farm. One day he comes across a kangaroo mob and wants to join it. He escapes from home and injure... ... alone in the bush he has to overcome dangerous situations. He is lucky that a girl kangaroo from the mob is curious to find out who Lancelot is and ... ... to help him. Here is a sample of Lancelot - The one-armed Kangaroo One: A brave Knight It was winter in Austr... ...Heavy clouds rolled downupon the meadows, almost touching the tip of the grasses. A kangaroo was tangledup in a barbed wire fence, separating the padd...

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...Museum The Mariinskyi Park Taras Shevchenko Park Gryshko Botanical Garden Fomin Botanical Garden Landscape Alley Kyiv Zoo Hydropark Trukhaniv Island Mamajeva Sloboda St. Vladimir Monument Khmelnytsky Monument The Motherland Monument Princess Olga Monument Samson Fountain People’s Friendship Arch Magdeburg Law Pillar The Sculptures of Kyiv The Lavra St. S...

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...ir Malevich 23 The House with Chimeras 53 Trukhaniv Island 83 Bessarabsky Market ... ...filling process. Springs at the bottom of the lakes The Dnieper, islands, keeps the water clear and... ... 52 The leisure park on the Dnieper islands. Just a 10-minute drive and you arrive in a resort ... ...n get some amazing views of old Kyiv spread out on the hills above the island itself was formed due to severe floods in the late 19th century. So... ...estrian bridge (114 m) provided a link with the neighboring Dolobetsky Island. This was called the Venetian Bridge. In short, everything was... ...d in Novi residence has a zoo with many exotic animals (kangaroo, Australian emu, Petrivtsi village, Vyshgorod rayon of Kyiv r...

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... The Spaniards Which Was HereMade By The Guanches, The Aborigines Of The Island. I Examined The SpotWhere This Occurred; It Is A Narrow Defile, Fo... ...e Only RouteBy Which You 16 Can Pass Across The Island From East To West; It Was ThereforeWell Adapted For The Purposes O... ...ng House. I Had Been Informed At Santa CruzThat The Inhabitants Of Those Islands Were Dreadfully Addicted To ThatVice, And I Now, From Personal Ob... ...; There Was Beautiful Scenery The Whole Way, And ATolerable Road For The Island. I Called On Mr. Carpenter, The BritishConsul, To Whom I Had A Let... ...he Remains Of The Shells Were Lying Scattered About In AllDirections;* Kangaroo Bones Were Also Plentifully Strewed About, And BesideEach Pair O... ...se Shores; And In The Distance WeSaw Occasionally The Forms Of The Timid Kangaroos, Who StoleFearfully Away From The Unknown Disturbers Of Their S... ...And Lightning. December 20. Just As We Turned Out This Morning A Large Kangaroo CameClose To Us To Drink At A Waterhole; The Effect As It Stole ... ... Yet Seen, Containing Trees And BirdsSuch As We Had Not Before Met With; Kangaroos Were More Plentiful,And, For The First Time, We Saw The Opossum... ...Arrived At A ShortDescent Covered With Rocks, From Which Started A Large Kangaroo; IGot A Fair Shot At, And Knocked It Over, But It Sprang Up Agai...

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...ortant one that brings new insights into how earlier generations of immigrant Australians went about studying nature’s astonishing productions in the island continent that they had made their home. Natural history like any other science is an essentially social activity, the successful prosecution of which requires appropriate supporting institutions. Finney’s work demonst...

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...nt Australians went about studying nature’s astonishing productions in the island continent thatthey had made their home. Natural history like any oth... ...ion of recentlyappointed Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur to maintain the island as a gaol for the British empire.Second was the consolidation of mal... ...izations were not the main arena for factionalism (generally staged in the island’spress), and in most cases their battles were incidental to tensions... ...the Society escaped mention.39 A third group, centred in the middle of the island atBothwell, established a Literary Society in 1834. After a slow beg... ...n offer tomanage the estates of W. E. Lawrence on the northern half of the island. Gunn’s relief in giving up theposition was obvious. Jane Franklin i... ...least, for in theearly 1830s Cuvier had characterized the femur of a giant kangaroo obtained from Wellington Caves asthat of an elephant. Krefft then ... .... Those Australian peculiarities which found their way into the text, the kangaroo and the platypus, were the subject of European paternalism. The s... ... edition by 1875 and included Australian animals (the dingo, platypus and kangaroo), to local publications represented by Louisa Anne Meredith’s all...

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... spit if it is safe.Time: 2 hours 30 minutes return. Once on the island a well worn track leads toGrade 4: A longish walk on soft sand,... ...uins. Half way across thefew sandhills, 6 km return. A hot, dry walk in island another track leads north to Gantrythe summer. ... ...then passes through sand dunes ation.and crosses a sand spit to the “island” of Point It is possible, but not easy, to walk aroundSt... ...y, to walk aroundStephens. Point Stephens has an interesting the whole island. This requires a lot of rockhistory, well documented in the boo... ... CROSSING THE SPIT Point Stephens is an “island” joined by a sand spit to Fingal Bay... ...rn end of WandaBeach.Follow the sand, grass and rocks along WandaBeach, through Kangaroo Point to the boatramp at Soldiers Point. On the way, take asi... ... Map: Boyces Track, page 25. Features: Kangaroos, wildflowers, orchids, foreste... ...anksias, wildflowers, or- chids and lots of kangaroo tracks. The process of s... ...ade 3: A few steep sandy hills. 4 km. There are colonies of koalas, kangaroos,Map: Glovers Hill, page 36. bandicoots and...

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...she finally got me up and I walked downstairs while she bounceddown like a kangaroo on steroids. By the time I reached my parents,Rae was already ther... ...g hug. Again with the hugs! Seriously, I think myfamily mainly consists of kangaroos, or descendants of kangaroos…She led us to her car and we all hop... ...d us to her car and we all hopped in. Haha, See what I didthere? You know… kangaroos…hopping…She started the car a started driving, Rae and her talked... ...me.I smirked, “Sure you are.” 26I ran towards the island and ran to the other side. Amber ran up to theother side. Both of us...

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...ecause if they lived inneighbouring Paraguay the natives eatthem.If the small Pommel bird of theSouth Pacific islands of EastKiribati does not eat eno... ...rd of theSouth Pacific islands of EastKiribati does not eat enough foodbefore its annual migration to theWest islands of Kiribati it will notmake it.M... ...utout,'Oddga booga mummba kerabana!'it means...there is a Wildebeest beast chargingup behind you.Never call a kangaroo an overgrownrabbet, they might ...

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... expanding at a rate of about 30 miles per year.25. Greenland is the largest island in the world that is not a continent.26. Russia is so large that i... ...snearly ten times that of most ocean water.57. There are approximately 7,500 islands in the Philippines, making it the second-largest archipelago in t... ...reating stunninglight displays in polar regions.71. Greenland is the largest island in the world that is not a continent, andit is mostly covered by a... ...ine of any country, measuring about 37,653miles, which includes thousands of islands and extends across the Arctic andPacific Oceans.96. The Amazon Ra... ...elp absorb heat.16. A group of hedgehogs is called a "prickle."17. A newborn kangaroo is so small that it can fit in a teaspoon.18. The heart of a blu... ...ve to be over 80 years old, sometimes outliving theirhuman owners.20. Female kangaroos have three vaginas, all used for different purposesrelated to r... ...st commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds,between two Scottish islands.4. Humans and bananas share about 60% of their DNA.5. You are mor...

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... had gotten me into this dreaded position. I am atourist in this beautiful island country, even the red desert looksruggedly stunning, as I drove alon... ...t lost the food I desperately needed, I didn’t think Icould go back to the kangaroo and consciously eat the raw, andpossibly, spoiled meat.I turned ar...

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... A young lad name Gin Sosuke and a young girl name Jess Izanagicame to an island name Kaigen where darkness grows at night, butthey stayed in a cabin... ...for apotion of healing for Gin. "I want Gin to be safe on this dangerous island," murmured Jess,"but…I've seen him fought through a whole undead arm... ...ise. So as they pack up their things and finding a good spot near asmall island in the coast, Gin and the monk swam to the island ofShadowLand where... ...e they will meet the kyojin (titan) of the mist. Whenthey are in the small island they grab wood and other things like fish,meat and flint to make fir... ... for tonight. They grab a wooden sword tofight the harmful monsters in the island, they don’t want to hurt anycreatures because it is illegal to hit a... ... animals around the areascreamed. Then out of the blue, Gin felt a leaping kangaroo but it wasJess running to Allen to give a specially made cross bol...