They were born Water Snakes.

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The first relay runner to take the flame was Greece's Liverpool-born open water swimming champion Spyros Gianniotis.

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She glides atop the water like she was born to be a fish.

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Thus was born Women, Water, and Wells, a selection of sixty-two striking photographs from his book, Water is Key (Balcony Press).

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"When I hit the water, I almost felt like I was born again, " he said.

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But Irvine-born Robb, who works as a water bailiff and sometimes gamekeeper, is keen to pick up the pieces of his career after being assured by a doctor specialising in the condition and his family GP that he is fit to resume boxing.

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During one stay, a Brazilian tapir, a large, water-loving mammal of the horse family, was born.

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"It is a beautiful body of water, " said Rondi Davies, an Australian-born science teacher living in Harlem who hopes to complete the last stage of her 120-mile swim Monday.

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Without a new green revolution, farmers will need 60% more water to feed the 2 billion extra people who will be born between now and 2025.

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Gascon was born without a left hand or forearm, but took delight in getting in the water from the age of three.

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According to the South African minister for water and environmental affairs, Edna Molewa, if something is not done by 2016 the number of rhinos being born will be outnumbered by those being killed.

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