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  2. List of nocturnal animals - Wikipedia

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    Crepuscular, a classification of animals that are active primarily during twilight, making them similar to nocturnal animals. Diurnality, plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day and sleeping at night. Cathemeral, a classification of organisms with sporadic and random intervals of activity during the day or night.

  3. List of species described by the Lewis and Clark Expedition

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    All of the plants Lewis collected in the first months of the Expedition were cached near the Missouri River to be retrieved on the return journey. The cache was completely destroyed by Missouri flood waters. Other collections were lost in varying ways, and we now have only 237 plants Lewis collected, 226 of which are in the Philadelphia ...

  4. Plant–animal interaction - Wikipedia

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    Plant-animal interactions are important pathways for the transfer of energy within ecosystems, where both advantageous and unfavorable interactions support ecosystem health. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Plant-animal interactions can take on important ecological functions and manifest in a variety of combinations of favorable and unfavorable associations, for ...

  5. Topiary - Wikipedia

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    Topiary animal in Tulcán, Ecuador Jacques Cartier Park, Gatineau, Canada. Topiary is the horticultural practice of training perennial plants by clipping the foliage and twigs of trees, shrubs and subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes, [1] whether geometric or fanciful. The term also refers to plants which have been shaped in ...

  6. Mat (picture framing) - Wikipedia

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    The passe-partout serves two purposes: first, to prevent the image from touching the glass, and second, to frame the image and enhance its visual appeal. The cutout in the passe-partout is usually beveled to avoid casting shadows on the picture. The French word may also be used for the tape used to stick the back of the picture to its frame.

  7. Penjing - Wikipedia

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    Like the plants in the Chinese garden, they have been carefully selected and tended so that they develop into twisted and gnarled shapes reminiscent of their full-size counterparts in the wild. Like Chinese gardens , these miniature landscapes are designed to convey landscapes experienced from various viewpoints - a close-up view, a medium ...

  8. Elizabeth Blackwell (illustrator) - Wikipedia

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    Pages of written descriptions for each plant were added that included a physical description, growth habit, where and when the plant could be located, how each part could be used, and the other names for the plant provided by Blackwell’s husband. The task of creating A Curious Herbal was immense and took a number of years to complete.

  9. Mahjong tiles - Wikipedia

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    Animal tiles (Chinese: 動物牌/动物牌; pinyin: dòngwùpái; Cantonese Jyutping: dung 6 mat 6 paai 2) are unnumbered flowers that automatically match the player's seat. These tiles are found in pairs with their subjects usually based on popular Chinese fables. Immediate payment may occur if both tiles in a pair or all the animals are ...