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  2. Butterfly gardening - Wikipedia

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    Butterfly gardening provides a recreational activity to view butterflies interacting with the environment. Besides anthropocentric values of butterfly gardening, creating habitat reduces the impacts of habitat fragmentation and degradation. Habitat degradation is a multivariate issue; development, increased use of pesticides and herbicides ...

  3. Hyporhamphus ihi - Wikipedia

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    An illustration of Hyporhamphus ihi from 1875. The garfish is an unusual looking fish with many distinct features such as its elongated slender body, as well as its long lower jaw. The garfish typically grows to about 22 centimeters. [2] The colouring of the fish allows it to appear somewhat camouflaged due to it having a greenish blue upper ...

  4. Garfish - Wikipedia

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    The garfish is a long and slender fish with a laterally compressed body, and grows to about 50 to 75 cm (20 to 30 in) in length. The jaws are elongated and armed with sharp teeth. The pectoral, dorsal, and anal fins are situated well back on the body and the latter two are similar in appearance. Positioning the fins so far back gives greater ...

  5. Gar - Wikipedia

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    The spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) is a smaller species of gar, [34] measuring just under four feet long and weighing 15 pounds on average. [34] Like Florida gars, female spotted gars are typically larger than male spotted gars. [46] This gar has dark spots covering its head, body, and fins. [34] Its body is compact, and it has a shorter ...

  6. Dubai Butterfly Garden - Wikipedia

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    The Dubai Butterfly Garden (Arabic: حديقة الفراشات بدبي) is a garden for butterflies located in the Dubailand area, [1] Al Barsha South 3, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [2] [3] It is the world's largest and the region's first indoor butterfly garden. [4] The garden opened in 2015 and has over 15,000 butterflies from 50 species. [4]

  7. Butterflying - Wikipedia

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    Butterflying pork loin. Butterflying is a way of preparing meat, fish, or poultry for cooking by cutting it almost in two, but leaving the two parts connected; it is then often boned and flattened. [ 1 ]Spatchcocking is a specific method for butterflying poultry that involves removing the backbone, and spatchcock as a noun may refer to a bird ...

  8. Discover 99 Unexpected Animals That Start With 'Q' - AOL

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    It is a stunning butterfly found in parts of South and Central America that has delicate, white wings with subtle black and orange markings. ... Quoy’s Garfish. These are tiny, freshwater fish ...

  9. Butterfly - Wikipedia

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    Riodinidae. Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran suborder Rhopalocera, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the superfamilies Hedyloidea (moth-butterflies in the Americas) and Papilionoidea (all others).