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Wilson's petrel fork-tailed storm petrel
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Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius). Animals, mammals.
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
pigeon. pigeon and dove. member of the order Columbiformes, family Columbidae
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Lion (panthera leo)
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Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)
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Prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus) in mid-flight.
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Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).
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animal. Amphibian. Frog. Anura. Ranidae. Frog in grass.
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Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration
Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
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Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution
The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution
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Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland
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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
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storm petrel: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Animal Corner - Galapagos Storm Petrel Bird. Jan 09, 2018
Added new Web site: Animal Corner - Galapagos Storm Petrel Bird. Jan 15, 2009
Added new Web site: The Cornell Lab of Ornithology - All About Birds - Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel. Jan 15, 2009
Added new Web site: Monterey Bay - Storm-Petrels Hydrobatidae. Jan 14, 2009
Added new Web site: BirdLife International - Ashy Storm-petrel - Oceanodroma Homochroa. Jan 14, 2009
Media added. May 28, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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