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Lynx have adapted to life in the snow. They have huge feet that function as snow-shoes, allowing this tufted-eared cat to hunt in deep snow country without wasting energy by breaking trails.


Ugly bottom-feeder invades Great Lakes


Ugly bottom-feeder invades Great Lakes
A commercial fisher has hauled in an ugly fish from the waters of Lake Erie. This fish was 70 centimetres long and weighed more than 17 kilograms, and had eyes on its underside! This Bighead carp is an alien species from China, and is of the genus hypophthalmichthys, which is Greek for "fish with low down eyes". It is a plankton filter feeder, which grows very fast, and could therefore cause a famine for other plankton feeders in Lake Erie.
NOVEMBER 17, 2000
National Post
NOVEMBER 17, 2000

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