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    In the Orient, particularly South and East Asian, the red-crowed cranes, or technically Grus Japonensis, are viewed as a symbol of long life, fidelity, and luck. It is also a common practice to have their pictures or statues in the house and sacred places as a charisma. However, in spite of their popularity in terms of images, their population is the opposite. It is a must to take action to protect them, not just because they are beautiful and rare species, but also because they contribute to the

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    reddish texture, licking everything above the ground, or like the magma and lava controlled the world in a short time--everything became red, red and red. I saw the plumes of smoke rose from the ground, floating in front of me, like the red-crowned crane, flying up and disappeared gradually in the sky, leaving nothing . Sounded beautiful, right. I can noticed the red blaze right at factory, expanding, shrink, expanding...again and again, as if it would never stop destroying until the end of the world

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    Journal 1 September 16, 1620 While I was on the boat, my mother asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I told her that I didn't know yet, but I would tell her when I did. I tried looking for my older sister and my father, but they were gone. I profusely demanded my mother to tell me where they went and why they left us here. She replied by saying, "They went on ahead, to make sure the area we stayed at was safe and clean for our arrival." I was so proud of what I thought they were doing that

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    sandpipers, stilts, plovers, dunlins, curlews, and avocets. The colors of summer come alive with an array of birds atop trees with beautiful sounds filling the air. These include black-chinned, calliope, broad-tailed, red-tailed hawk, white-crowned sparrow, tanager and rufous hummingbird. Cranes and geese make their appearance in early fall, coyotes, northern shovelers dabble on the water, javelina, and mule deer idle or prance about in the open meadow, and wild turkeys trek in their roosting

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    The squirrel population in Pyongyang varies by species, but includes common rodents such as tree squirrels, ground squirrels, and chipmunks. The squirrels are rather tiny in size, usually spanning no more than 7 to ten centimeters in length. Their fur is typically soft in consistency, and the color varies from species to species. The Chinese striped hamster is a species spread out throughout northeastern China, southern Siberia, Mongolia, and North Korea. They range in length from 72 to 116 millimeters

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    What would the world be like without people? It’s a scary, and complicated question. A world without people would be a completely different place. Air pollution would stop, but what about nuclear reactors? What would happen to endangered and invasive species? What would happen to species that thrived off our existence? How long would our cities stand? We do have places on earth that have been abandoned by people. So, we do have windows to what would happen without us. So, let’s begin. What would

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    My family and I went on a road trip to Phoenix, Arizona in late October. This is going to be a little description of what went on during this trip and all the different things I saw. Most of this will be about my trip to the Wildlife world zoo since that was the biggest thing that happened during the trip. The first thing I should mention, Since of course it was the first thing we saw, Is the amazing scenery on the way up here. We passed through parts of Oklahoma, Texas, And New Mexico that

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    are over fifty-five different cultures and languages. They refer to their country as the Middle Kingdom and house the tallest mountain in the world – Mt. Everest, several endangered animals such as the Giant Panda, several species of tigers, Red Crowned Crane, Yangtze Alligator, and the Golden Monkey. It is unfortunate the government does nothing to preserve these animals. Though the Chinese Communist party is atheist they have come to allow the people to worship their religion in which there are

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    mythology and folktales is the Japanese macaque. Japanese macaques are large, shaggy-haired monkeys with pink faces and short furry tails. The national bird of Japan is Tancho or red-crowned crane and the national flower is a chrysanthemum. Another Japanese symbol is their very own flag that is a rectangle with a large red circle in the center, which represents the sun. Japan is known as the Land of the Rising Sun. Throughout ancient Japanese history Samurai carried the symbol of the Rising Sun in

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    Eritrea

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    Located in the northeast corner of Africa, and is made up of 48,000 square miles of land, is a country once filled with happy people is now struggling to find it’s why back to success. Eritrea was once a country of beauty, and strength but it suffered losses at its borders Sudan, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. Although it may look like a great country on the outside, the country’s economy struggles. Roads and railways were destroyed, alliances were broken, and many people left to flee from the mess that

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