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An Aspidochelone from a French manuscript, c. 1270. J. Paul Getty Museum. According to the tradition of the Physiologus and medieval bestiaries, the aspidochelone is a fabled sea creature, variously described as a large whale or vast sea turtle, and a giant sea monster with huge spines on the ridge of its back.
Let It Grow may refer to: A song by Eric Clapton recorded on 461 Ocean Boulevard; A song by John Perry Barlow and Bob Weir, Part II of the "Weather Report Suite", first recorded by the Grateful Dead on Wake of the Flood; A song by Renaissance on the album Ashes Are Burning; A song featured in the movie The Lorax which became an Internet meme in ...
Long-spine bream (Acanthobrama centisquama); Damascus bream (Acanthobrama tricolor); Anabarilius qiluensis; Anabarilius yangzonensis; Siamese bala-shak (Balantiocheilos ambusticauda)
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The Dead Sea is a salt lake is bordered by Jordan to the east and Palestine's Israeli-occupied West Bank and Israel to the west. [5] [6] It is an endorheic lake, meaning there are no outlet streams. The Dead Sea lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, a geographic feature formed by the Dead Sea Transform (DST).
The Dead Sea Scrolls that were found were originally preserved by the arid conditions present within the Qumran area adjoining the Dead Sea. [71] In addition, the lack of the use of tanning materials on the parchment of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the very low airflow in the caves also contributed significantly to their preservation. [ 72 ]
Instead of turning into someone else's dinner, these brave animals fought for their lives against some seriously fierce predators. Take a look at some of the best fight-or-flight instincts so far ...
For the deep-sea ecosystem, the death of a whale is the most important event. A dead whale can bring hundreds of tons of organic matter to the bottom. Whale fall community progresses through three stages: [32] Mobile scavenger stage: Big and mobile deep-sea animals arrive at the site almost immediately after whales fall on the bottom.