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Komodo dragon skin is reinforced by armoured scales, which contain tiny bones called osteoderms that function as a sort of natural chain-mail. [30] [31] The only areas lacking osteoderms on the head of the adult Komodo dragon are around the eyes, nostrils, mouth margins, and parietal eye, a light-sensing organ on the top of the head.
The Western North Carolina Nature Center is a 42-acre (17 ha) zoological park in Western North Carolina operated by the City of Asheville. It was originally opened in 1925 and known as Recreation Park Zoo, Craig Park Zoo [ 2 ] , and Asheville City Zoo and housed a wide variety of native and non-native wildlife [ 3 ] .
Beaucatcher Mountain is located in a portion of the Appalachian Mountain Range known as the Great Craggy Mountains, in Asheville, North Carolina.Its name was said to have been coined in the mid-1800s [2] by James W. Patton, who once teased his sister-in-law, Charlotte Kerry, after watching her stroll the mountainside with her "beau".
The North Mills River in North Carolina. North Carolina's geography is usually divided into three biomes: Coastal, Piedmont, and the Appalachian Mountains. North Carolina is the most ecologically unique state in the southeast because its borders contain sub-tropical, temperate, and boreal habitats.
The western North Carolina mountains are seen from a lookout on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville, North Carolina, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. ...
What to know about the opening of the 2014 N.C. Mountain State Fair in the Asheville area. ... unique fair foods this side of North Carolina. From Sept. 6-15, the 2024 N.C. Mountain State Fair ...
The North Carolina Zoo, formerly the North Carolina Zoological Park, is a zoo in Asheboro, North Carolina, housing 1,700 animals of more than 250 species, primarily representing Africa and North America. It is one of two state-supported zoos in the United States, with the other being the Minnesota Zoo. [4]
D. Hiden Ramsey, former Asheville Citizen Times editor, in 1916 chose the Latin motto for the city's seal: "I lift my eyes to the hills." D. Hiden Ramsey's love of WNC mountains, people, led to ...