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Did you know that not all deserts are hot? Both hot and cold deserts are very dry, but unlike hot deserts, cold deserts have long winters when the temperatures can reach below freezing. Cold deserts also get a great deal of snow, which is certainly not true for hot deserts

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President Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. He graduated from high school in 1979. After attending college at Harvard, he married Michelle Robinson in 1992. Obama became a senator in 1997 and on January 20, 2009, he became the 44th president of the USA

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The capybara is the world's largest rodent. Capybaras can weigh up to 145 pounds. They love the water and spend most of their time in swamps, ponds and rivers. If you want to see a capybara in the wild, you will need to go to Central or South America.

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The Vancouver Island marmot is a kind of rodent that lives high in the mountains in Canada. Climate change and logging have caused a large decrease in their population. Scientists believe that there are less than a hundred of them left in the wild.

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In most parts of the world, there are not as many crocodiles as there used to be. This is a problem because they are becoming endangered and crocodiles are necessary to the balance of nature. Many of them have died because of poachers because of their strong, smooth, leathery skins. In order to save these mighty creatures, people must stop to the needless shooting of the animals for their skin.

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