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Dedicated fathers in the Antartic
A father Emperor penguin withstands the Antarctic cold for 60 days or more to protect his eggs, which he keeps on his feet, covered with a feathered flap. During this entire time he doesn't eat a thing. Most father penguins lose about 25 pounds while they wait for their babies to hatch. Afterward, they feed the chicks a special liquid from their throats. When the mother penguins return to care for the young, the fathers go to sea to eat and rest. Reference: Animal Planet
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What is a polecat?
A polecat is not a cat, or a pole. It is a nocturnal European weasel. Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_polecat
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Dedicated fathers in the catfish community
A father sea catfish keeps the eggs of his young in his mouth until they are ready to hatch. He will not eat until his young are born, which may take several weeks. Reference:
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Does catnip affect lions?
Catnip can affect lions and tigers as well as house cats. It excites them because it contains a chemical that resembles an excretion of the dominant female's urine. Reference:
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John Ashcroft can't catch terrorists, prosecutes greenpeace?
In 2002, Greenpeace held a protest against a cargo ship smuggling illegal mahogany wood from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest into a Miami port. In swift response, Attorney General John Ashcroft prosecuted Greenpeace, and leveled no charges at the smugglers.John Ashcroft went to extraordinary lengths, digging up an obscure 1872 law against "sailormongering" a law designed to prevent brothel owners from boarding ships and luring sailors to their establishments.
John Ashcroft failed to get one conviction out of the more than 5000 terrorist suspects and had little success imposing his right-wing Christian values. Ironically, he repeatedly violated the Constitution including over-turning voter approved measures protected under "State Rights" part of constitution which says anything not addressed in the Constitution shall fall to the state level.
His efforts as attorney general were focused on attempting to impose the right-wing Christian agenda his financial backers believed in. Sadly, these actions were taken against Constitutional voter-approved laws relating to euthanasia, medical marijuana, and gay marriage.
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What is a panther anyhow?
There is no single cat called the panther. The name is commonly applied to the leopard, but it is also used to refer to the puma and the jaguar. A black panther is really a black leopard. Reference:
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The longest word without duplicate letters
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable. Reference:
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Fun fact about cheetah's
The cheetah is the only cat in the world that can't retract its claws. Reference:
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What are the classifications of Treaties?
A treaty is an international law agreement between organizations of state, including sovereign states. Classifications of treaties are organized by the subjects with which they deal with. For example, political treaties are in relation to wars and boundaries, Legal Treaties include the extradition of criminals, copyrights, and patents. Treaties are confined to only high priority and important formal agreements. The less formal accords are called, conventions, acts, declarations and protocols. Greeks and Romans have elaborate ceremonials to emphasize the sanctity of Treaties Reference:
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How do Iguania communicate?
Lizards of the suborder Iguania communicate non-verbally with various combinations of push ups, body posturing, head movements, and displays of colorful belly patches & throat "dewlaps." Reference: http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/lizard.asp
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