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April 2010

Volcanoes: Force Of Nature And Wonder

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A sea of red almost as bright as the Sun bubbles and gurgles in a huge melting cauldron. When the time is right the cauldron will get too heavy, too full. Too much pressure. A noise that would deafen the sound of 100 Super Jumbos casts its mighty roar. The heavens open, a giant explosion

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The Cicada: Master Of Time And Numbers

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Equations, maths, and continuous calculations are not universally loved. Generally speaking, our lives do not depend on knowing statistical analysis and arithmetic. However, for one creature locked in an eternal bluffing game with predators, mathematics is vital. Welcome to the esoteric world of the Cicada, the Chess Grand Master of insects.

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The Cow: More Than Just A Producer Of Milk

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What is your experience of cows? If you have not encountered one, what image is formed in your imagination? Do they conjure up the likeness of docility? Do you think of great big lumbering creatures raking grass with their highly dexterous tongues? Or perhaps when you look at a cow and it stares right back at

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Quotes On Understanding

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‘You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.’ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The Bat: A Fascinating But Misunderstood Creature

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A fleeting movement cleanly cuts through the air. A nearby leaf temporarily oscillates in the momentum before returning to its more accustomed, stationary position. The pattern reiterates itself and a swiftly passing shadow can be glimpsed by the keen-sighted. Rapid, roaming and precise, it closes in on its target. A sonic volley of pulsing chirps morph into

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The Albatross: The True Majestic King Of The Skies

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A large shadow casts its moving mark along the ground. Silently soaring in the heavens, a great expanse of white feather glides across the horizon. It seems to be in defiance. Stark, raw and untroubled, it appears to disregard the laws of physics as it steadfastly refuses to flap its wings. Instead they lay fixed,

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The Chimpanzee: A Creature That We Continually Underestimate

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Two big searching eyes confront an interested viewer from the other side of a half-reflective glass. A black hand slowly raises itself to greet the onlooker. In this union resides a strange meeting of not too dissimilar minds. It is a scene that is repeated across the world in zoos and wildlife parks. An eerie feeling of

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