1. It is fascinating to see how nature designs its beasts, or how these marine species have adapted to their circumstances in nature. The anatomical adaptations that sharks have evolved are all about speed of movement...and teeth! Check out these black-tipped reef sharks and blue sharks - not the kind of characters you'd want to run into in a back street lagoon.
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  2. The Blue Whale is the biggest animal on earth, weighing up to 150 tons and it eats only krill, which are shrimp-like creatures less than half an inch long. Mind you this gentle giant can eat several million of them in one day so if you are a krill you might want to take note of this. Also notice on the attached sketch sheet, the endangered Right Whale, dwindling in numbers in recent years. Many Right Whales are injured in the North Atlantic and elsewhere by passing ships. Despite humane cries to end the slaughter of many endangered species of whales, the hunt still goes on. When will humanity learn that the balance of life in our precious oceans is a delicate one - upon which we are conducting a dangerous experiment, in the very test tube where we are living.
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What a Tree Has Seen
What a Tree Has Seen
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Santillana USA
The Ice Berries
The Ice Berries
The Ice Berries
Puffin Book of Bedtime Stories
The Mountain that Loved a Bird
The Mountain that Loved a Bird
The Mountain that Loved a Bird
Tulika Books
The Mountain that Loved a Bird (Chinese Edition)
The Mountain that Loved a Bird (Chinese Edition)
The Mountain that Loved a Bird (Chinese Edition)
Hunan Juvenile and Children's Publishers
Rat Race
Rat Race
Rat Race
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The Pond
The Pond
SRA McGraw Hill
The Everything Tarot Book
The Everything Tarot Book
The Everything Tarot Book
Adam's Media
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Norse Wisdom Cards
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