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common loon (Gavia immer) red-throated loon
Listen: The song of the common loon
Arctic loon common loons (Gavia immer) common loon (Gavia immer)
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
pigeon. pigeon and dove. member of the order Columbiformes, family Columbidae
Ultimate Bird Trivia Quiz
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)
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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
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15 of the Best Birdsongs (According to Britannica)
Spider monkey swinging in a tree. (primate, jungle animal)
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Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).
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Black-headed gulls perching on a roof with bird droppings, often seen in flocks around London, England, in winter time. The "black head" develops during the breeding season. (black headed, birds, guano, bird poop)
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Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.
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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Woman tied to a ducking stool, a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. (cucking stool)
8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci
The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Alice in Wonderland)
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Santa Claus flying in his sleigh, christmas, reindeer
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Listen: The song of the common loon
The common loon, or Gavia immer, is found in Canada and the United States....
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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common loon (Gavia immer)
Common loon, or great northern diver (Gavia immer)
© Mircea Costina/Shutterstock.com
red-throated loon
Red-throated loon (Gavia stellata).
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Arctic loon
Arctic loon (Gavia arctica).
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
common loons (Gavia immer)
Common loons, or great northern divers (Gavia immer) swimming with young.
© Jupiterimages—PHOTOS.com/Getty Images Plus
common loon (Gavia immer)
Common loon (Gavia immer) nesting.
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