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    • … of travel without water, even in harsh desert conditions. As their fat is depleted, the humps become floppy and flabby. Bactrian camels live not in shifting Sahara sands but in Central and East Asia’s rocky deserts. Temperatures in these locales can become searingly hot—over 100°F (38°C) in summer. Yet …

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    • … Maelifellssandur, Myrdalsjökull Region, Iceland. Once the young lava fields of Iceland cool down, life begins anew little by little. Ice, wind and water flatten and carve out shapes to begin with, then, during the summer, bacteria, lichen and fungi prepare the soil for plants, in particular mosses which …

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    • … distributed on the flatter open low-rainfall areas of Africa, in four clearly recognizable subspecies. The North. African ostrich with pink neck inhabits the southern Sahara; the blue-necked Somali ostrich occupies the Horn of Africa ; adjacent is the pink-necked Masaiostrich which lives in East Africa …

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    • … flatten and carve out shapes to begin with, then, during the summer, bacteria, lichen and fungi prepare the soil for plants, in particular mosses which adapt to an environment which remains difficult. These plants colonise the most favourable sites and terrain little by little, forming a new ecosystem …

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    • … gazelle population. The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Red List of Threatened Species lists the dama gazelle as critically endangered. The Species Survival Plan currently manages 120 dama gazelles in the United States. It is estimated that fewer than 500 remain …

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    • … bacteria, lichen and fungi prepare the soil for plants, in particular mosses which adapt to an environment which remains difficult. These plants colonise the most favourable sites and terrain little by little, forming a new ecosystem. “Tree of life”, Tsavo national park, Kenya. This acacia is a symbol …

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    • … Maelifellssandur, Myrdalsjцkull Region, Iceland. Once the young lava fields of Iceland cool down, life begins anew little by little. Ice, wind and water flatten and carve out shapes to begin with, then, during the summer, bacteria, lichen and fungi prepare the soil for plants, in particular mosses which …

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    • … and Tunisia), the Moussier’s Redstart. The plants were very interesting too, including, Cerinthe major, Silybum marianum, Glaucium flavum and the towering and architectural, Ferula communis (see image). Equally spectacular to the northern part of Tunisia is the southern tip, the Saharan Desert. As we headed …

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    • … Region, Iceland. Once the young lava fields of Iceland cool down, life begins anew little by little. Ice, wind and water flatten and carve out shapes to begin with, then, during the summer, bacteria, lichen and fungi prepare the soil for plants, in particular mosses which adapt to an environment which …

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    • … with, then, during the summer, bacteria, lichen and fungi prepare the soil for plants, in particular mosses which adapt to an environment which remains difficult. These plants colonise the most favourable sites and terrain little by little, forming a new ecosystem. “Tree of life”, Tsavo national …




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