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  2. Dian Fossey - Wikipedia

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    Signature. Dian Fossey (/ daɪˈæn / dy-AN; January 16, 1932 – c.December 26, 1985) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. [ 1 ] She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda, initially encouraged to work there by ...

  3. Book of Enoch - Wikipedia

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    Based on the number of copies found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Book of Enoch was widely read during the Second Temple period.Today, the Ethiopic Beta Israel community of Haymanot Jews is the only Jewish group that accepts the Book of Enoch as canonical and still preserves it in its liturgical language of Geʽez, where it plays a central role in worship. [7]

  4. Giant panda - Wikipedia

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    A. m. qinlingensis. Giant panda range. The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), also known as the panda bear or simply panda, is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its white coat with black patches around the eyes, ears, legs and shoulders. Its body is rotund; adult individuals weigh 100 to 115 kg (220 to 254 lb) and are ...

  5. Tardigrade - Wikipedia

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    Tardigrades have barrel-shaped bodies with four pairs of stubby legs. Most range from 0.3 to 0.5 mm (0.012 to 0.020 in) in length, although the largest species may reach 1.2 mm (0.047 in). [ 10 ] The body consists of a head, three body segments each with a pair of legs, and a caudal segment with a fourth pair of legs.

  6. Box jellyfish - Wikipedia

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    The box jellyfish actively hunts its prey (small fish), rather than drifting as do true jellyfish. They are strong swimmers, capable of achieving speeds of up to 1.5 to 2 metres per second or about 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph). [ 19 ] and rapidly turning up to 180° in a few bell contractions. [ 4 ]

  7. Animal worship - Wikipedia

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    Animal worship (also zoolatry or theriolatry) is an umbrella term designating religious or ritual practices involving animals. This includes the worship of animal deities or animal sacrifice. An animal 'cult' is formed when a species is taken to represent a religious figure. [1]

  8. Extinction - Wikipedia

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    Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member. A taxon may become functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to reproduce and recover. Because a species' potential range may be very large, determining this moment is difficult, and is usually done retrospectively.

  9. Woolly mammoth - Wikipedia

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    The longest known male tusk is 4.05 m (13.3 ft) long (measured along the outside curve) and weighs 115.5 kg (255 lb), with a historical report of a 4.30 m (14.1 ft) long tusk found in Siberia, while the heaviest tusk is 121 kg (267 lb), suggested to have been 125–130 kg (276–287 lb) when complete; [52] [53] 2.4–2.7 m (7 ft 10 in – 8 ft ...

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