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• "Adorable dog adopts orphaned baby bunnies." National Geographic. http://jezebel.com/5011617/adorable-dog-adopts-orphaned-baby-bunnies
• "Electroreception." Davidson College. http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/midorcas/animalphysiology/websites
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• "Island of the sharks: Exploding myths." PBS. June 2002. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sharks/masters/myths.html
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