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This Beaver Dam is So Huge, You Can See It from Space

This Beaver Dam is So Huge, You Can See It from Space

In Canada, a beaver family has built a dam extending 850m – that’s more than twice as long as the Hoover Dam. It’s so big it can be seen from outer space.

At the Foot of a Melting Glacier in Peru, Llamas Helped Revitalize the Land

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At the Foot of a Melting Glacier in Peru, Llamas Helped Revitalize the Land

Llamas are camelids, the family of animals that also includes Bactrian and Dromedary camels, vicunas, alpacas and guanacos. These animals evolved in North America. Llamas and their ancestors were present in North America for 40 million years. Together with 80 percent of existing North American genera, llamas and their cousins