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  2. Capricorn - Wikipedia

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    Capricorn, an animal from the ibex family, particularly the Alpine ibex Capricornis , a genus of goat-like or antelope-like animals Arts, entertainment, and media

  3. Capricornus - Wikipedia

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    Capricornus is one of the constellations of the zodiac.Its name is Latin for "horned goat" or "goat horn" or "having horns like a goat's", and it is commonly represented in the form of a sea goat: a mythical creature that is half goat, half fish.

  4. History of Animals - Wikipedia

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    The History of Animals contains many accurate eye-witness observations, in particular of the marine biology around the island of Lesbos, such as that the octopus had colour-changing abilities and a sperm-transferring tentacle, that the यंग of a dogfish grow inside their mother's body, or that the male of a river catfish guards the eggs ...

  5. Historia animalium (Gessner book) - Wikipedia

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    Hunting dogs, Book 1. The Historia animalium was Gessner's magnum opus, and was the most widely read of all the Renaissance natural histories.The generously illustrated work was so popular that Gessner's abridgement, Thierbuch ("Animal Book"), was published in Zurich in 1563, and in England Edward Topsell translated and condensed it as a Historie of foure-footed beastes (London: William ...

  6. Capricorn (astrology) - Wikipedia

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    Capricorn (♑︎) (Greek: Αιγόκερως, romanized: Aigókerōs, Latin for "horned goat") is the tenth astrological sign in the zodiac out of twelve total zodiac signs, originating from the constellation of Capricornus, the goat. [2]

  7. North West Island - Wikipedia

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    North West Island is a coral cay in the southern Great Barrier Reef, located 75 kilometres northeast of Gladstone, Queensland.North West Island forms part of Capricornia Cays National Park and with an area of 1.05 km 2, the island is the second largest coral cay in the Great Barrier Reef.

  8. Timeline of the evolutionary history of life - Wikipedia

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    The timeline of the evolutionary history of life represents the current scientific theory outlining the major events during the development of life on planet Earth. Dates in this article are consensus estimates based on scientific evidence , mainly fossils .

  9. Timeline of zoology - Wikipedia

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    This was the last major animal to be tamed as a source of milk, meat, power, and leather in the Old World. Lascaux aurochs, Stone Age [2] 3500 BC. Sumerian animal-drawn wheeled vehicles and plows were developed in Mesopotamia, the region called the "Fertile Crescent." Irrigation was probably done using animal power.