Carnival ,Karneval, Carnivale, Carnevale ,Carnaval

Carnival (Karneval, Carnivale, Carnevale and Carnaval in German, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish languages) is a festive season which happens just before Lent; the main events are usually during January and February. Carnival generaly involves a public celebration or parade mixing some elements of a circus, masque and public street party. People often dress up or masquerade during the celebrations, which mark a change of the daily life.
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Carnaval 2008. Portela.
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Young woman smiling, carnaval Bonaire
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esencia del carnaval
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ReTraToS de CaRnAVaL // CaRniVaL PorTraiTs
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Barreleye fish-A deep-sea fish with a see-through head

Barreleyes, also known as spookfish (a name also applied several species of chimaera), are small, deep-sea, odd-looking osmeriform fish comprising the family Opisthoproctidae.Living in hot waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans,in the family there are thirteen species in six genera (four of which are monotypic).

These fish are named for their barrel-shaped, tubular eyes which are mainly looking upwards to find the silhouettes of available victims; but, according to Robison and Reisenbichler these fish are capable of using their eyes forward as well. The family name Opisthoproctidae is derived from the Greek words opisthe ("behind") and proktos ("anus").
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Lions into the wild

The lion (Panthera leo) is a part of the family Felidae and one of four big cats in the genus Panthera. With very large males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently live in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia with a critically endangered remnant population in northwest India, having eleminated from North Africa, the Middle East, and Western Asia in historic years. Until the late Pleistocene (about 10,000 years ago), the lion was the most widespread big land mammal except humans. They were lived in most of Africa, much of Eurasia from western Europe to India and, in the Americas, from the Yukon to Peru.
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