Word: californianus
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...20th century plague of hunting and lead poisoning brought Gymnogyps californianus to near extinction. Biologists trapped the last wild California condor in 1987, and 27 birds remained as genetic "founders" for a breeding program that has produced 25 additional birds, including the two freed last week...
...earthen blinds. Nearby, other men squat beside a row of four metal cannons, ready to fire weights attached to a 40-ft. by 50-ft. net. Frustrated, they all scan the sky, hoping that the wintry clouds collecting on the horizon do not close in. The 20-lb. Gymnogyps californianus rarely seeks food on stormy days...
...AVERAGE citizen of our culture might find himself in Huebler's situation--following a bird call. Yet, most of us would probably be intent on discovering the location of the bird, and determining whether it was a warbler or a Gymnogyps Californianus. (The Surrealist would be more concerned with painting a California condor ominously perched on a common park beach. While this conceptual artist is more concerned with locating the bird.) It is not surprising that Huebler does not paint bird images, but rather that he labels this a duration piece rather than calling it a location piece. The emphasis...
...lions belong to the family Otariidae. The two species found off California are Steller's sea lion (Eumetopias jubata) and the California sea lion (Zalophns californianus). All trained '''seals" in circuses are actually sea lions. True seals, which belong to the family Phocidae cannot be taught to toss or juggle a ball. California sea lions make the best circus performers; the Stellers are too big, too pugnacious. An adult Steller bull weighs 1,500 to 2,000 lb., a cow up to 1,000 lb. California bulls weigh up to 1,000 lb., the cows...
Died. Zalophus ("Buster") Californianus, 22, dean of sea-lions and headliner of the Battery Park Aquarium; in Manhattan, of coryza...
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