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Bowhead whales

February 23, 2010 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

Bowhead whales hang out most of the year in the Arctic and don’t seem to mind dealing with sea ice at all. They have become experts at dealing with an extreme environment and are able to break through close to two feet of ice and dive up to an hour, giving them time to find… [read more]

Filed Under: Marine mammals, Whales Tagged With: baleen, cetacean, crustacean, endangered, tongue, whale, whaling

Hummingbird is Superbird

October 6, 2009 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

The last thing I expected to see while walking into my yoga class was a hummingbird. Even though hummingbirds are so tiny, she stuck out like a sore thumb perched on a bright-yellow pipe running along an equally bright yellow-brick wall. It was thrilling to see a hummingbird so close, but terrible as soon as… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds, Easy Reader columns Tagged With: bird, rescue, sex, tongue

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