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When ice covers lakes, there is less oxygen to breathe, and most fish sink to the bottom. They remain very quiet but awake. Carp, however, flap their tails to cover themselves with mud and they go to sleep. When the lake ice melts and the oxygen levels rise they awaken.


Great Barrier Reef dying


Great Barrier Reef dying
The Great Barrier Reef, Australia's most famous natural wonder, is soon to be listed as endangered by the Australian Conservation Foundation. Shrimp trawling, tourism, mining and other human activities continue to kill the marine life of the reef.



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