Web Sites (31 - 40 of 59): Biomes

Wild Yak - Most domestic yaks of Tibet, and central Asia have black-brown, dense, woolly, and extremely shaggy coats.
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Savanna Animals - This website teaches all about savanna animals such as elephants, dogs, baboons, bears, lions and more!
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Mountain Goat - - Mountain Goats can be found in the mountains of northwestern regions of North America, where they seem to cling and move around on the impossibly steep slopes.
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Vicuña - The vicuña is a member of the camel family. It is the smallest of the six species of camel, and is thought to be the wild ancestor of the alpaca.
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Asian clam and Asiatic clam - The Asiatic clam is found throughout Asia, North and South America, Europe and parts of Africa. The clam occurs primarily in streams south of 40 degrees latitude in the northern hemisphere. The Asiatic clam prefers a lake or stream that has a a sandy or g...
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Agkistrodon piscivorus (cottonmouth) Agkistrodon piscivorus - Cottonmouths are semi-aquatic and can be found near water and fields. They inhabit brackish waters and are commonly found in swamps, streams, marshes and drainage ditches in thes southern lowlands of the United States. They also live at the edges of lakes...
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Banded Gila Monster - The Banded Gila Monster is very shy but can strike back very quickly, with painful results. It is a subspecies of the Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum), and is one of two poisonous types of lizard in the world. They are pink, orange and red. Four or five...
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World Climates - Have you ever wondered why one area of the world is a desert, another a grassland, and another a rainforest? Why are there different forests and deserts, and why are there different types of life in each area? The answer is climate.
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Wagler's Temple Viper - The Wagler's pit viper lives in trees of the Southeast Asian rainforest. The climate in the rainforest is wet and humid and it rains a lot. During the wet season, or monsoon season, it usually rains every day. The rainforest temperature during the day var...
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Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill sea turtle) - The hawksbill sea turtle is a small sea turtle that takes its species name (imbricata) from the overlapping plates on its upper shell. Moreover, it takes its common name from the shape of its hooked jaw. It reaches a length of about 166- 22 inches. The ha...
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