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A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object from above, with a perspective as though the observer were a bird, often used in the making of blueprints, floor plans and maps. It can be an aerial photograph, but also a drawing. Before manned flight was common, the term "bird's eye" was used to distinguish views drawn from direct observation at high locations (for example a mountain or tower), from those constructed from an imagined (bird's) perspectives...

It seems that science is at last trying to catch up with how the domestic dog performs many tasks. The latest research into the dogs method of shaking water from their coats shows that as they have evolved to do so with the highest efficiency possible. The core reason behind this vital action is to remove excess water from their coats so they do not get hypothermia...

Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate (or craniate) animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...

In 2007 Michael and Stephan Landschütz founded SALZIG Sporthocker. SALZIG Sporthocker produces and distributes the first and original Sporthocker of the world. Made in Germany. The brothers Landschütz are product designers. Together with Susanne Wilke they form the creative office SALZIG Design, which acts in design, architecture and public art since 2006. Both of the brothers are passionate athletes...

The bikini is typically a women's swimsuit, either a one-piece or a two-piece. For the two-piece, one part of the attire is covering the breasts; the other the groin and, optionally, part or all of the buttocks, leaving an uncovered area between the two. The bikini is often worn in hot weather, while swimming or sunning. A bikini is also often worn as an undergarment to the wetsuit for waterskiing, scuba diving, surfing, and wakeboarding...

For most of us, Christmas day is a time of celebration and togetherness, but for the people of the Chumbivilcas community, near Cuzco, it’s the perfect opportunity to get into a fight. Takanakuy, which means “when the blood is boiling” in Quechua, one of the oldest spoken dialects of Peru, is an annual celebration that gives people the chance to solve personal differences with members of their community the old fashioned way, through violence...