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Endangered wild equids

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After admiring equids for thousands of years, humans may be driving the last populations of wild zebra, asses, and horses to extinction. Some steps, which offer the best chance for the survival of these wonderful animals, like Equus africanus, Equus hemionus, Equus grevyi and many others are discussed.

Author: Moehlman, Patricia D.
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2005
United States, Wildlife Protection Programs, Protection and preservation, Wildlife conservation, Equids

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Women and men at Catalhoyuk

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The structural features of the 9000-year-old site at Catalhoyuk in Turkey are presented. Research on this site reveals that the lives of men and women in the town do not appear to have difference greatly, because both of them had equal tasks to do.

Author: Hodder, Ian
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
Land, mineral, wildlife conservation, Historical Sites, Historic Sites, Historic Site Programs, Analysis, History

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Fish that go skin-deep

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Fish at a hot spring pool in Kangal, Turkey survive by feeding on human skin, as the spring is too hot to sustain enough algae and plankton to feed them. There is also a myth about the curative powers of this behavior.

Author: Mossman, Matt
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2007
Finfish, Finfish Fishing, Salt Water Fish, Physiological aspects, Behavior, Environmental aspects, Food and nutrition, Hot springs, Marine fishes

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