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Solar plane lands in New York City

A solar-powered airplane finished crossing the United States on Saturday, landing in New York City after flying over the Statue of Liberty during its historic bid to circle the globe, the project team said.  The spindly, single-seat experimental aircraft, dubbed Solar Impulse 2, arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport at about 4 a.m. local time after it took off about five hours beforehand at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania, the team reported on the airplane's website.  Such a pleasure to land in New York! For the 14th time we celebrate sustainability," said the project's co-founder Andre Borschberg on Twitter after flying over the city and the Statue of Liberty during the 14th leg of the trip around the globe. The Swiss team flying the aircraft in a campaign to build support for clean energy technologies hopes eventually to complete its circumnavigation in Abu Dhabi, where the journey began in March 2015. The solar cr...

Dolphins

 


 Dolphins are very keen marine vertebrates and are a piece of the group of toothed whales that incorporates orcas and pilot whales. They are discovered around the world, for the most part in shallow oceans of the mainland racks, and are carnivores, generally consuming fish and squid. Dolphin coloration shifts, however they are for the most part light black in color with darker backs than whatever is left of their bodies. Dolphins are extraordinary for their deftness and energetic conduct, making them a most loved of natural life watchers. Numerous species will jump out of the water, spy-bounce (climb vertically out of the water to view their surroundings) and take after boats, frequently synchronizing their developments with each other. Researchers accept that dolphins preserve vitality by swimming close by boats, a practice known as bow-riding.
Dolphins live in social gatherings of five to a few hundred. They utilize echolocation to discover prey and frequently chase together by encompassing a school of fish, catching them and alternating swimming through the school and getting fish. Dolphins will likewise take after seabirds, different whales and angling pontoons to bolster entrepreneurially on the fish they find or dispose of.
Mating Season: Throughout the year, however in a few zones there is a crest in spring and fall.
Since the forty types of dolphins are so differing, they run in size. The biggest dolphin species is the orca, or executioner whale. Male orcas develop to around 25 feet long and weigh around 19,000 pounds.
Growth: 9-17 months relying upon the species. When the time it now, time to conceive an offspring, the female will separate herself from the unit, regularly going close to the surface of the water. When the calf is conceived, the mother should rapidly take it to the surface so it can take its first breath. The calf will nurture from 11 months to 2 years, and after it is carried out nursing it will in any case stay with its mom until it is somewhere around 3 and 8 years of age.

Dolphins consume a variety of prey including fish, squid and crustaceans.
Most dolphins live long lives. The bottlenose dolphin can live over 40 years, and the orca can live to be 70 or 80.

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