

15 Baltimore’s _ Harbor : INNERīaltimore’s Inner Harbor was once a major gateway for immigrants to the US, second only to New York City. Our word “chutzpah” meaning “nerve, gall, impudence” is derived from the Yiddish “khutspe”, which has the same meaning. The species known as mountain ash or swamp gum is the tallest flowering plant in the world, with the tallest example located in Tasmania and standing at over 325 feet tall. I’m a little jealous of the koala, as it sleeps up to 20 hours a day …Įucalyptus (plural “eucalypti”) is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs that is particularly widespread in Australia. Male koalas are called “bucks”, females are “does”, and young koalas are “joeys”. In fact, it can be very difficult to tell human fingerprints from koala fingerprints, even under an electron microscope. Koalas aren’t primates, and are one of the few mammals other than primates who have fingerprints. The koala is an arboreal marsupial and a herbivore, native to the east and south coasts of Australia.

The koala bear really does look like a little bear, but it’s not even closely related.

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