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Scotoplanes globosa, commonly known as the sea pig, is a species of sea cucumber that lives in the deep sea. [1] It was first described by Hjalmar Théel, a Swedish scientist. Scotoplanes globosa, along with numerous other sea cucumbers were discovered by Théel during an expedition on HMS Challenger between the years of 1873-1876.
In terms of shape, Europe is a collection of connected peninsulas and nearby islands. The two largest peninsulas are Europe itself and Scandinavia to the north, divided from each other by the Baltic Sea. Three smaller peninsulas— Iberia, Italy, and the Balkans —emerge from the southern margin of the mainland.
Slovenia is the third most-forested country in Europe, [121] with 58.3% of the territory covered by forests. [122] The forests are an important natural resource, and logging is kept to a minimum. [123] In the interior of the country are typical Central European forests, predominantly oak and beech. In the mountains, spruce, fir, and pine are ...
23/km 2 (59/sq mi) Largest settlement. Kirkwall. Orkney ( / ˈɔːrkni /; Scots: Orkney; Old Norse: Orkneyjar; Norn: Orknøjar ), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys" [2] ), is an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland. Part of the Northern Isles, Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north of Caithness and has about 70 islands ...
Scotoplanes live on deep ocean bottoms, specifically on the abyssal plain in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, typically at depths of over 1,200 to 5,000 meters (3,900 to 16,400 feet) [5] [6] Some related species can be found in the Antarctic. Scotoplanes (and all deep-sea holothurians) are deposit feeders and obtain food by extracting ...
The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands, between Vancouver Island (present-day Canada) and the Washington Territory (present-day State of Washington ). The Pig War, so called because it was triggered by the shooting of a pig, is also called ...
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal in the clade Odontoceti ( toothed whale ). Dolphins belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins ), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontoporiidae (the brackish dolphins), and possibly extinct Lipotidae (baiji or Chinese river dolphin).
The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The species is now one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widespread suiform.