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Indian fighter kite. Benjamin Franklin Eight types of kites. Margarita Island, Venezuela: kitesurfing A kite takes flight on a windy day.
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Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
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Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.
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Indian fighter kite.
Benjamin Franklin
Eight types of kites.
Margarita Island, Venezuela: kitesurfing
A kite takes flight on a windy day.
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Voisin, Gabriel; Voisin, Charles
Gabriel Voisin
French aviation pioneer