Environment

The Tonkin snub-nosed monkey is endemic to Northeastern Vietnam

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The aardvark is a nocturnal mammal native to Africa, known for its distinctive snout and diet of ants and termites.

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The spoon-billed sandpiper is a small wader that breeds in Northeastern Russia.

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“Carbon offset” refers to reductions that are made in the emission of greenhouse gasses in an attempt to compensate for other emissions.

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The Mediterranean type of climate prevails in the lands around the Mediterranean Sea as well as in some other parts of the world.

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The world's population of sharks have been threatened by habitat degradation, overfishing, bycatch, coastal and riverine development, and hunting.

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The Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) is a canid native to the Ethiopian Highlands.

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Five species of monotremes exist, including four species of echidnas and the duck-billed platypus.

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The Gloydius himalayanus or the Himalayan pit viper is the world's highest living snake found living at altitudes of up to 16,072 feet in the Himalayas.

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Moray eels are a large eel species who are found in warm waters throughout the world.

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The Bamako Convention was signed by a number of African countries, and prohibits the import of waste to their borders.

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A flow resource is a resource which is neither renewable nor non-renewable.

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Benthic animals, sometimes called benthos, refer to organisms who live at the lowest level of a body of water, including an ocean or a lake, sometimes even permanently attached to the bottom.

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The Fujita scale is used to measure tornado intensity.

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The walrus is an animal found in cold arctic waters.

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Sea sponges are one of the strangest animals to exist on our planet today.

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The Armstrong Limit is an altitude beyond which nobody can survive. It is the altitude that produces an atmospheric pressure so low (6.3 kPa) that water boils at the normal temperature of the human body.

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Africa is a continent with great biodiversity and it also hosts some of the most deadly yet magnificent creatures of the world.

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Cameroon's national parks hosts a wide range of flora and fauna unique to the region.

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Cheetahs are charismatic species known for their fast speeds and excellent predatory skills.

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