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This user is a translator from Hebrew to English on Wikipedia:Translation.

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This user is a translator and proofreader from Hebrew to English on Wikipedia:Translation.

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Rose barnacles in Royal National Park

... that the rose barnacle (examples pictured) eats only when the current is strong?
... that Doris Tulifau, after founding an online campaign to counter Samoan gender-based violence, moved to Samoa to expand the campaign in person?
... that the 2014 chariot racing video game Qvadriga was inspired by a 1979 board game?
... that singer Tomoko Aran became a city-pop icon decades after her initial music career?
... that the owner of a Montana TV station bought an American Legion hall, gutted by fire, to use as a studio building?
... that Ernesius, a 12th-century archbishop of Caesarea, was once prevented from crossing the sea by such a severe storm that he refused to make a second attempt?
... that Olde Raleigh Distillery is not located within its namesake city?
... that archaeologists found evidence at Taur Ikhbeineh in the Gaza Strip of interactions between Egyptians and Canaanites in the 4th millennium BC?
... that an emu named Emmanuel Todd Lopez was the target of a death hoax by undercover journalists?

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The hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) is a medium-sized wading bird. It is the only living species in the genus Scopus and the family Scopidae. Its closest relatives are thought to be the pelicans and the shoebill, in the order Pelecaniformes. The shape of its head with a long bill and crest at the back is reminiscent of a hammer, which has given this species its name after the Afrikaans word for hammerhead. It is a medium-sized waterbird with brown plumage. It is found in Africa and Arabia, living in a wide variety of wetlands, including estuaries, lakesides, fish ponds, riverbanks, and rocky coasts. This hamerkop was photographed at Lake Baringo in Kenya.Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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