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...Romans as an aphrodisiac. Flat screens show mini-documentaries about dog-training methods that prime canines to sniff out the prestigious white truffle; some trainers introduce the fungus to puppies by rubbing it on the mother's teat. Various interactive exhibits encourage visitors to submerge themselves in the truffle habitat using all five senses. You can listen to forest sounds such as rain and crickets; feel the textures of truffles and pinecones; sniff woodland scents from sweetgrass to the piquant truffle itself; and taste a local truffle in season (for an extra...
...HABITAT FOR HUMANITY 229-924-6935 www.habitat.org Planning for both the long and short term, the group is providing immediate assistance to families that lived in Habitat-built homes and promising to help repair and rebuild areas wiped out by the storm...
...while it's no contest when a bear meets an unarmed human, the same goes in reverse when humans move en masse into bear habitat. That's why the grizzly, which roamed the American West by the tens of thousands before white settlers arrived--and which still has a population of several thousand in Alaska and Canada--eventually saw its numbers dwindle to just a few isolated populations of a few hundred bears apiece in the contiguous 48 states of the U.S. It's also why the bear was formally put under the protection of the federal Endangered Species...
...BEAR Weight: 60 to 145 lbs. Length: Up to 5 ft. Range: India, Burma, Laos, southern China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia How dangerous: Quite. Will attack humans without provocation Status: Unknown, because of insufficient field data. Poaching and habitat destruction have conservation experts worried...
...ways to get away while giving something back Turtle Island In Fiji This luxury resort, pictured, is committed to improving the standard of living for residents of the Yasawa Islands by providing medical clinics, building secondary schools and helping create budget resorts and businesses owned and operated by villagers Habitat For Humanity Participants in Habitat's Global Village programs spend one to three weeks helping build houses for needy families in any of 60 countries, including Mozambique, Ireland, Samoa, New Zealand, Guyana and the U.S. Wildland Adventures This outfit has developed a sort Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals...