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... ground hornbills ( Burcorvus species ) exhibit a definite social organization when foraging . Three or four members of a group searching for insects and other small animals on the ground may keep near each other , with the result that ...
... ground hornbills ( Burcorvus species ) exhibit a definite social organization when foraging . Three or four members of a group searching for insects and other small animals on the ground may keep near each other , with the result that ...
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... ground Members of a. temperature difference between pole and Equator would tend to build up until it was sufficiently ... ground , then rises as a consequence of the conver- gence and spreads out ( diverges ) at some higher level ...
... ground Members of a. temperature difference between pole and Equator would tend to build up until it was sufficiently ... ground , then rises as a consequence of the conver- gence and spreads out ( diverges ) at some higher level ...
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... ground cannot take part in the descent , it may become stagnant . In winter the ground cools and the lower layers of the atmosphere also become cold . Fog may be formed as the air is cooled to its dew point . Under other circumstances ...
... ground cannot take part in the descent , it may become stagnant . In winter the ground cools and the lower layers of the atmosphere also become cold . Fog may be formed as the air is cooled to its dew point . Under other circumstances ...
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