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...most of us are either still wondering how to make our marks in the world or have already abandoned our dreams of success. At age 22 Bobby Orr...
...Orr is probably the best player in the National Hockey League today. During four seasons with the Bruins he has won most of the major awards and set new scoring records. Last year during the playoffs, Orr was voted the Most Valuable Player...
ANIMALS IN MIGRATION by Robert T. Orr. 303 pages. Macmillan...
Hitchhiking Barnacles. A California ornithologist and mammalogist, Author Orr describes the quirks and patterns of migration that scientists have brought to light, mostly during the past quarter-century. He notes that barnacles hitchhike to new climes by attaching themselves to whales, sailfish and ships' bottoms. Like some commuters who are forced to transfer from train to bus or taxi, Adélie penguins migrate using an integrated transport system. They toddle across the bleak Antarctic icecap on foot, swim in the icy sea and cruise lazily on drifting ice floes...
...more commonly, the stars. There is a theory that others are guided by the slight force of the earth's magnetic field. Some animals seem to depend upon old-fashioned topographic features, which they pick up with their own sonar. Eels, according to studies reported by Orr, have so keen a sense of smell that they could detect half a teaspoon of alcohol diluted in 42-mile-long Lake Constance...