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Steve Bull

Steve Bull of Wolves shoots for goal

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Australia-Viking/2

With a Sydney Harbour ferry dwarfing the tiny Viking boat, Norwegian traditional boatbuilder Harald Dalland takes a small family sailboat for a run at Darling Harbour as part of the National Maritime Museum's Classic and Wooden Boat Festival in Sydney 10 October. Called a oselvarbat, the boat is a direct descendant from the great Viking ships, displaying the same design and construction including the traditional wooden keel, an invention which gave the Viking ships superior speed. AFP PHOTO / AFP PHOTO / WILLIAM WEST

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Enhanced image of Triceratops dinosaur skulls

Triceratops. Computer enhanced image of fossilised skulls of a Triceratops dinosaur. Triceratops ("three-horned face") was a herbivore that had skulls which were up to 2 metres long. The skull was this dinosaur's main defence against predators due to the three horns (2 over the eye sockets and one on the nose), and a bony frill that protected the neck. This powerful and heavily-built dinosaur was a formidable opponent for any predator. The frill had slots where large muscles for powering the creature's beak-like jaw were attached. Triceratops evolved only a few million years before dinosaurs became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous period (about 65 million years ago)

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