Endangered species from bald eagles to alligators in Florida's waterways also are clawing their way back from the edge of extinction.
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The reigning champions were ahead after three minutes when Fabio Quagliarella's shot from the edge of the area found the back of the net.
Rafael, who had replaced Neville in the 63rd minute, pulled one back in the final minute with a spectacular left-foot volley from the edge of the box after Arsenal failed to clear a Giggs cross.
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The lead should have instilled confidence into the visitors, but instead Torquay hit back minutes later, restoring parity through a sumptuous Hargreaves strike from the edge of the area that nestled into the bottom corner of Saul Deeney's net.
Somehow, Birmingham dragged themselves back into the game when Jerome forced his way through and fired past Paul Robinson from the edge of the area.
To their credit, Aalborg continued to come forward and Thomas Augustinssen went close to pulling a goal back when he curled his shot agonisingly wide from the edge of the area.
The corner piece was only cleared to Hackney and he unleashed a volley from the edge of the area which took a deflection off Graham's back to leave Casper Ankergren rooted to the spot.
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But just when Australia's two form batsmen looked to be getting them back into the contest, Swann hit back, as a quicker delivery drew a faint edge from Hussey's bat and Prior took the catch behind the stumps.
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Boro battled to get back into the gave but struggled to break down Halifax's resolute defence and Anthony Ormerod's effort from the edge of the box that sailed over was the closest they came.
Gibson himself then went for goal after a Garry Hay free-kick, but his first effort from the edge of the area was deflected back to him and he put his second over the bar.
Jo gave City an early lead with a powerful finish from the edge of the box but the Baggies came back strongly.
First the Wolves stopper had to stop a 20-yarder from Rafal Murawski, before Mariusz Lewandowski fired wide from the edge of the box after a neat pull-back.
James Hopes followed soon after, skying a leading edge back to the bowler while Mitchell Johnson, fresh from clubbing a brutal four over mid-on, meekly drove to Anderson at short cover.
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McMillan came close himself a few minutes later when AFC Blackpool keeper Cook could only push out his shot from the edge of the box, but when the ball was played back to him McMillan fired over from 20 yards.
He sees no point in Renault trying to edge its way back into the mature and highly competitive American market, from which it retreated years ago.
Louisville has most of its key players back from last year's Final Four team, and Wright thinks that gives the Cardinals a big edge.
Carrick doubled that lead minutes later when he swept home Valencia's cut-back, and Rafael made it three before half-time when his left-foot shot from the edge of the squeezed home to give him his first goal at Old Trafford.
The home side needed something special after the break and barely a minute into the half they hit back when Collins raced on to Josh Wright's ball over the top and lashed into the net from the edge of the area.
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Nash's drive from the outer edge of the right circle was deflected in front by Gaborik, who put the puck back in on Reimer.
Rangers responded with Shota Arveladze slashing a shot wide from edge of the penalty area and Ronald de Boer made a mess of a header at the back post from a Neil McCann delivery.
But two balls later, Sharma had no need of any assistance from Rauf as he unleashed an absolute beauty at Watson which nipped back, beat the right-hander's outside edge and clipped the off stump with the absolute minimum of impact needed to dislodge the off bail.
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