Images Dated 1st November 2006

Page of musical notation with a historiated initial G'

MMT215610 Page of musical notation with a historiated initial G depicting a group of saints with St. Ursula in the middle, Bolognese School (vellum) by Italian School, (14th century); Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France; (add.info.: Page decoree d'un groupe de saints et de saintes dont sainte Ursule au centre;); Italian, out of copyright

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Pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) young male feeding on rowan berries covered in snow

Pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) young male feeding on rowan berries covered in snow, Liminka, Finland. November

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Chinchilla hair

Chinchilla hair. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of chinchilla hairs. Chinchillas, rodents in the family Chinchillidae, have the densest fur of any animal. Up to 70 hairs can grow from a single follicle, whereas in humans a follicle houses a single hair. The hair is also uniform, with few, if any, guard hairs, and at under 1 micrometre in diameter is approximately 500 times finer than human hair. Chinchillas are native to the Andes mountains of South America, but are kept as pets in countries worldwide

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