Adding live plants to an aquarium does more than just improve aesthetics - plants provide shelter, food for vegetarian fish, and prevent green water. Plants also soak up carbon dioxide, waste products, contribute oxygen to the water, and promote the growth of algae, tiny worms, rotifers, and protozoa, providing live food for the fish.
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The Red-legged Honeycreeper is a small, rare bird from the tanager family, typically found in various regions of Central and South America. These include southern Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and most parts of Brazil, and also in Cuba, and on the island of Trinidad and Tobago.
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It is not very likely that the majority of us will ever experience what it is like to live through a powerful tsunami like those poor souls who did back in 2004. This is one of the most powerful tsunamis ever recorded in history and it destroyed so many lives as well as left millions homeless with no where to go. This horrible hazard delivered by Mother Nature has to be one of the worst disasters that the modern world has ever seen and what we did see was absolutely unbelievable.
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Floods are one of the worst things to go through because it will cause so much damage. When you have a really bad storm it can cause a flood in your city or town. It will flood your streets, knock down your homes, drag your cars, and tear down the light pole. If you get caught in the middle of the flood, you will not be able to get out yourself. If you try, it can or will kill you. Firefighters have to get you out before you drown due to the car taking in water or before it drags you away.
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Deer Valley, Utah is home of the states most beautiful and untapped natural resources. High atop the mountains that surround the destination ski resort of Park City, Deer Valley homes offer five-star living for residents that call this exceptional piece of creation home.
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Fire is one of the most destructive forces of nature. It knows no limits when it is raging out of control and it mindlessly destroys almost anything in its path. Homes, people, businesses, forests, and wildlife are all at risk if they are any where near a fire that is raging out of control. As humans we always try to contain fires so that the damage they cause is kept to a bare minimum when possible, but throughout history there have been numerous fires that could not be controlled and destroyed entire cities.
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There is hardly any kind of body of water that people do not use for their enjoyment or in making a living somehow. Even the smallest of creeks and streams can be used to swim or wade in during the hot summer months. The rivers of our country are filled with boaters, swimmers, skiers, and fishermen. Some of these activities take place all during the year. Our coast lines are also filled with people enjoying various activities all year long where the climate allows in states like California and Florida.
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Here in America we have always thought we were the land of plenty and in many senses that is very true. We enjoy one of the best economies in the world, we have some of the most beautiful scenery, some of the bravest people, and we have rights provided to us that others in the world still only dream about. When this country was first settled by Europeans hundreds of years ago, it was indeed a land of plenty, plenty of land, food, and water.
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The are some pretty dangerous spiders roaming around our planet today. Here's a look at two of the most notorious ones…
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When you have a lot of rain like you might be having now, do you find yourself asking when is it ever going to stop? Have you ever been told as a child that when it rains the angels in heaven are crying? If this is the case, do you not think that these angels should be running out of tears? In some places you have had a lot more rainfall than others. Your ground might already be saturated which means that your soil can not hold anymore water. When this happens you could end up with floodwater.
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