Photos of Akita, Japan
Travel articles Who Wants a Pleistocene-Era Backyard? While casting about for feel-good stories, we remembered the lost and starving Magellanic penguins that were airlifted to safety by the Brazilian army last fall. The young penguins, whose home is in the southern Atlantic, had wandered too far north, washing up on the warm beaches of Brazil by the hundreds, and the situation looked grim when "animal-welfare activists loaded the birds onto a Brazilian air force cargo plane and flew them 1,550 miles to the country's southern coast, where a crowd of onlookers celebrated as the penguins marched back into the sea." Definite feel-good material.
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of rooms, lobby, pool, lounge and restaurant areas of Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort in Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida. Saddle Creek Resort Offers Valentine’s Day Golf/Ski Package Saddle Creek Resort in the scenic foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains – today announces a “Valentine’s Day Golf/Ski Package” featuring its highly-ranked golf course and nearby Bear Valley Ski... |
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