March 2011
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February 2011
69 posts
14 Interesting Facts about Islands and Reefs...
mrghaz:
Majuli, in the Brahmaputra River in north-east India, covers around 880 km² (340 miles²) – twice the size of Barbados. Many years ago, the island was along, thin strip of land called Majoli (“land between two parallel rivers”) until earthquakes and floods in the 17th and 18th centuries changed the rivers’ flow.
Amplify’d from scienceray.com
The island of Luzon in the Philippines is...
top 5 most endangered sharks.
piscesdreams:
5. Basking shark In at number five, the slow-moving and generally harmless basking shark gets its name from basking in shallow temperate waters to feed. Unfortunately its docile nature has been its downfall as it fast became a staple of the fishing industry. Its fins appear in shark fin soup and its cartilage is used in traditional Chinese medicine or as an aphrodisiac in Japan. ...
