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August 2008
Get an eyeful of some of this month's most astonishing sites and sights: a newfound realm bustling with endangered gorillas, a rare eclipse, an island ark, and more. |
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In This Edition
• Gorilla "Paradise" Found
• Photos of Friday's Eclipse
• #1 Wallpaper
• Map of Impact Craters
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Quiz Question: How can you tell an ape from a monkey? (See answer below.) |
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Gorilla "Paradise" Discovered
A new census in Congo has found 125,000 "hidden" gorillas, which could double the total worldwide population, if confirmed. |
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Somewhere under the rainbow stands a baobab tree. |
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| News by National Geographic: Daily Stories and Photos |
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| Ancient Olympic Chariot Track Found? |
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| The hippodrome—where chariots and horses raced in the most prestigious events of the ancient Olympics—has been located in Greece through geomagnetic technology, researchers believe. |
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This woman is in a country whose name derives from the word "Aryan." So where is she?
Click your guess to see the answer:
• Saudi Arabia
• Iran
• Germany
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| National Geographic Traveler Magazine |
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| Meet the Mini Motel, for Airport Sleeping |
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| Our Intelligent Travel team uncovers a tiny tent designed for unexpected airport overnights—complete with alarm clock, air mattress, pillow, reading light, toothbrush, and toothpaste. |
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| National Geographic Magazine |
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| Quiz Answer: The easiest way to tell apes from monkeys is to look for tails. Monkeys usually have them. Apes don't. |
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Gorilla photograph courtesy Thomas Breuer/Wildlife Conservation Society/Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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