Big Bear Lake This city has a beautiful view to look around and to have a nice vacation. ... Last year in January 2003 my friends and I decided to take the weekend off and go to Big Bear Lake. On our way to Big Bear the only thing around us was the mountains and the road. ... So we kept on driving until we got to the city of Big Bear. ... In front of the lake they have a renting boat place, and cabins so people could admired the lake. ...

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Polar bears are the biggest animals in the bear family. ... The polar bears love to live out in the snow with large frozen lakes or oceans where temperatures can drop below zero. ... Polar bear cubs are whiter than the adult bears. ... Polar bears can pack in the fat; a single bear can consume 100 pound of blubber in one sitting. ... "Works Cited" Neilson, Barbara "Polar Bears Alive" online. 1997 Polar Bears Alive International. ...

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"On September 2, 1769, a small expedition of leatherjacket soldiers, missionaries and muleteers killed a large-but-lean grizzly bear on the shore of an ocean-side lake in Upper California about 80 miles north of today's Santa Barbara It was the first time that a white man had ever killed a California grizzly" (Silva 66). ... Moreover, California bear guns are believed to help exterminate California grizzly bears. ... The invention of California bear guns resulted in decreasing the population of the bears dramatically and eventually led the bears to extinction even though the be...

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Animals that hibernate are bears and chipmunks. Bears are the largest hibernating animals. ... The most unique thing about bears during hibernation is that they do not eat, drink, or excrete at all during their hibernation (Science made simple, Inc. 1995). ... Fish, frogs and other reptiles found at the bottom of lakes and ponds remain dormant during the winter season (Science made simple, Inc. 1995). ...

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The American Black Bear, like most bears, lack the distinctive shoulder hump that the Grizzly Bear has. ... The second is ponds and lakes. ... Lakes can range in size from small ponds to huge bodies of water such the Great Lakes in the U.S. Lakes and rivers are closely tied. ... Some rivers end in lakes. ...

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The bacteria need less food because it's cold, and its metabolism is slowed down, somewhat like a hibernating bear's. ... Lake Vostok is one of more than 70 lakes identified underneath the icy crust of the Antarctic. ... These bacteria need less food the normal bacteria because of a colder environment, which results in lowered metabolism similar to that of a bear hibernating (NASA, Dec. 1999). ... Lake Vostok however takes roughly 13,300 years to remove the entire contents of the lake. ... "These frozen lake water samples will record the passage of the ice sheet and the proces...

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THE BEAR TERROR CONTINUES Broken ribs, Lower Half body is paralyzed, for now 12th bear attack this year Eddy Lee Travel Reporter JASPER- The 12th wild bear attack occurred to a hiker, Liam Freeman (23), at 3PM yesterday. ... Rabson with his friend Gabriella Joyson (22) when the attack occurred near Grizzly Bear Lake. ... "Liam was petrified by the bear and he ran away. Unluckily, he lost his balance while he was running, and then the bear knocked him down. ... "We sort of knew that the grizzly bear was around us when we found a carrion that was attacked by a grizzly bear. ...

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The warriors of "The 13th Warrior" and Beowulf, clearly, had incongruous reasons for fighting the bear men. ... Like Beowulf and Ahmed, Grendel and the bear men had incongruous reasons for attacking Herot. ... When Ahmed and his men were attacked by the bear men in the small hut, they fought for a while and the bear men fled back into the night to their cave. ... Grendel fled back into the night, down to his cave under the hellish waters of the lake. ... He searches for hours in the lake until he is snatched by her and is carried to her cave. ...

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We decided to go out to silver glen, it's a spring off Lake George where people go in their boats to party, get drunk, run around topless, and all that good stuff. ... The next day more and more people started to get there and it got crowded to a point where you could bearly walk around without getting in some ones way. ...

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The Act outlined four separate purposes: to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in their natural diversity including, but not limited to, the Porcupine caribou herd, polar bears, grizzly bears, muskoxen, Dall sheep, wolves, wolverines, snow geese, peregrine falcons and other migratory birds and Arctic char and grayling; to fulfill the international fish and wildlife treaty obligations of the United States; to provide the opportunity for continued subsistence uses by local residents; and to ensure water quality and necessary water quantity within the refuge. ... The Refuge is al...

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Other interesting places you could visit would be the Grand Lake St. Mary's, the Maumess River, Lake Erie's Bass Islands, Sandusky/Port Clinton are and Indiana's Chain of Lakes State Park. ... After 200 years some of thos trees still bear apples. ...

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The Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes help to modify the climate locally. ... The Great Lakes are located partly in Canada but the largest lakes of North America, Great Bear, Great Slave, and Winnipegare, are entirely in Canada. ...

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There are roughly two million lakes in Canada, covering about 7.6% of the Canadian landmass. The main lakes are Huron, Great Bear, Superior, Great Slave, Winnipeg, Erie, & Ontario. The largest lakes situated entirely in Canada is Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories. ... It's a rocky, U-shaped region which encircles Hudson Bay and is made up of mostly low hills and lakes. ... Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and regions west & south of that. ...

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Dalat is also famous for its waterfalls, parks and lakes. ... Dalat is the city of lakes - one of which is XuanHuong Lake with the shape like the crescent moon. ... The Grief Lake, which was illustrious several years ago as a place for those who were love-lorn to sing torch-songs to the lake, now gradually disappears; restaurants and entertainment places occupy this lake. Instead of the view of the lake itself, you will see a lot of commercial brands and logos. ... I am afraid that like other cities in my country, in the coming years, Dalat will bear brand names on it. ...

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On the Lake Superior, the turning pint of his life took place, as he saw the immense yacht of Dan Cody, which is a status symbol of wealth :-.. at the specific moment that witnessed the beginning of his career- when he saw Dan Cody's yacht drop anchor over the most insidious flat on Lake Superior- Furthermore, he was unable to accept poverty. He was something better which you can see on the example, that he left college, as he bear the janitorial job. ...

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It is important to bear in mind that acid rain is only one segment, of the widespread pollution of the atmosphere facing the world (Reuss & Johnson, 1986). ... Already 140 Ontario lakes are completely dead or dying. ... Limestone or lime (a naturally-occurring basic compound) can be added to acidic lakes to "cancel out" the acidity. ... (Lovrich, et al 1992) Casualties Lakes are not the only things being destroyed. ... Acids rain no longer single out the lakes, forest, and thin soils of the Northeast. ...

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Living in London and mothering two infants that needed a great deal of attention while going through the worst winter in a number of years was making it worst for Plath and she could not bear it any longer. ... The change is abruptly signaled by the presentation of a different type of mirror, which is the reflective surface of a lake. ... In the Second stanza she starts it of by saying "Now I am a lake- to metaphorically compare herself to a lake which is reflecting an image of a woman that is hanging looking into it. "The lake imagery is developed as the mirror becomes a grim reminder of ...

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Rainbow Trout / Steelhead Trout Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Salmoniformes Family: Salmonidae Subfamily: Salmoninae Genus: Oncorhynchus Species: Oncorhynchus mykiss Rainbow trout or steelhead trout are native to cold waters and are usually a good indicator of clear and healthy streams and lakes. ... Below is a map illustrating the historic range of native rainbow trout versus the naturalized population. (1) Rainbow/Steelhead habitats consist of cold headwaters, creeks, small to large rivers, cool lakes, estuaries, and oceans. ... Rainbow trout spawn in mai...

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The concentration of DDD in the lake was one part DDD to every 70 million parts water. ... The lake was home to many types of wildlife, including western grebes. ... Other organisms in the lake were tested. ... The reproductive failure was linked to PCB's in the fish living in Lake Michigan. ... Lake Apopka, Florida, was a prime spot for alligators to live and nest. ...

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To reach the monster and to slay him in honorable combat, I had to swim through a lake of fire snakes. ... I continued to swim through this lake until I came to an opening at the surface. ... The queen's brother released his pet bear, and it charged into the monster. Grendel simply turned in place, met the bear's charge, and broke its back with a mighty bear hug (no pun intended). He threw the broken body of the bear back towards its master, and walked on to Hrothgar's bed. ...

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Noticing where the bears fed and what they ate. ... During our visit, we had a rare opportunity to see ten wolves feeding on the carcass of a bison which had been pulled from the nearby frozen lake. Apparently, the massive creature had fallen through the ice some time before and been trapped there, preserved by the frigid temperatures until a bear happened along and pulled the bison from the "freezer". ... They, in turn, are food for the wolves, bears and coyotes. ... The coyotes and bears could not keep up. ...

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There was also extensive loss of wildlife in the area, with elk, deer, bears, and moose, dying in large quantities. Spirit Lake, which rested near the foot of Mount St. ... All of the fish and other life forms in the lake died (USGS). ...

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As we slowly would pull from the station, I would always notice the tall Smokey the Bear statue that cautiously displayed, "Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires." ... The low hum of the trolling motor would push our boat through the placid lake like a diamond cutting through glass. It was always just a little bit scary for me as the thick pasty mist off the lake flowed like dense fog might have rolled through the dank cobblestone streets in the days of Sherlock Holmes. My fear would quickly become irrelevant as we anchored our boat in the best fishing hole on the lake. ...

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Even the lakes and rivers are freezing later and unfreezing earlier. ... The polar bears eat very little else except ringed seals. The bears hunt these seals by the ices edge or though the ice itself. ... (Environment 2) Without the polar bears, the food chain would be broken. ... Walruses rest, molt, and bear their young on the ice. ...

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Lawrence Seaway, on Lake Superior. It's located near Wisconsin, USA just across Lake Superior. 3. ... It is situated on the headland of Lake Superior, the largest freshwater lake in the world. ... How much water does Lake Superior provides to people? ... Skunks, Bears, pigeons, squirrels and foxes. 2. ...

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