Heavy-Lift Ship

A heavy-lift ship is a vessel designed to move very large loads that cannot be handled by normal ships. This is the Blue Marlin, a semi-submerging vessels capable of lifting another ship out of the water and transporting it, such as USS Cole. 

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Ghostly Veiled Souls Carved Out of Solid Marble

By Artist Livio Scarpella

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Why do horses sleep standing up while many other species do not?

The reason horses can sleep while standing for most of their sleep cycle is because it allows them to quickly escape an attack by a predator without having to waste time standing up (which can be a slow process compared to a predator attack). The method by which horses stand while sleeping is called the “stay apparatus,” and it’s a system of ligaments and tendons that keep them upright with relative ease.

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