Group9A EXT2013
Since there are five of us & we need two sources each minimum we should aim to make 10-15 subjects to write about. We might think about writing about things like taxonomy, endangered status, reproductive process & system, habitat, evolution/evolutionary tree (if we can find it, conservation, ecological importance/ecosystem function, importance to humans, behavior, etymology, anatomy, mercury levels, supply, life cycle, other threats. If you guys think of any more shoot a text or post it here
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Another welcome
editI second the welcome. You and your classmates have been doing good work to expand articles about endangered and extinct animals.
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Thanks for all of your hard work! – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:06, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
File permission problem with File:Cephalopods swimming at night.jpg
editThanks for uploading File:Cephalopods swimming at night.jpg, which you've attributed to http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8095000/8095977.stm. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.
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