The plantation's menagerie also includes rhinoceroses, the ostrichlike cassowary, cheetahs and giant eland, a type of large African antelope.

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Inside the giant mall each investor type finds his own store.

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Theory suggests that a certain type of giant, short-lived star can experience catastrophic collapse when the nuclear reactions at its core can no longer support its mass.

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