[DOC] [TLE] Kids Biography: Marco Polo - Ducksters [PAR] Marco Polo was a merchant and explorer who traveled throughout the Far ... It 
was called the Silk Road because silk cloth was the major export from China. ... 
His father and uncle had met the Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan during their first 
trip to China and ... He met a lot of different types of people and had many 
adventures. [DOC] [TLE] Marco Polo sheep - Wikipedia [PAR] The Marco Polo sheep (Ovis ammon polii) is a subspecies of argali sheep, 
named after Marco ... The Marco Polo subspecies Ovis ammon polii was first 
described ... The sheep are named after the 13th century explorer Marco Polo 
because he ... There is a white patch on the rump as well, which is not so clearly 
defined on... [DOC] [TLE] Marco Polo - Journalist, Explorer - Biography.com [PAR] Jul 8, 2014 ... Marco Polo was an explorer and merchant from Venice. ... His account of the 
Orient, especially, provided the western world with its first clear picture of ... There 
is no evidence outside his famous book that he traveled so far ... Marco's book, in 
fact, devotes five pages to the elaborate structure, describing how... [DOC] [TLE] Marco Polo and His Travels - Silkroad Foundation [PAR] Marco Polo (1254-1324), is probably the most famous Westerner traveled on the 
Silk Road. ... Although the Polo brothers blazed a trail of their own on their first 
journey to the ... In the rivers of Pem province were found "stones called jasper 
and ... Marco went on great length to describe Kublia's capital, ceremonies, 
hunting... [DOC] [TLE] How does the brain locate sound sources? - Knowing Neurons [PAR] Mar 15, 2013 ... In the classic swimming pool game of Marco Polo, the player who is it swims ... 
In the field of neuroscience, this ability is called sound localization. ... So, the 
brain is using both cues to localize sound sources. ... Overall, the brain uses a 
variety of cues to determine the location of a sound. ... First Name. [DOC] [TLE] WCS Mammal Survey Report 2007 - WCS Afghanistan - Wildlife ... [PAR] During first phase of survey mammal team surveyed 11 valleys and ... This may 
be an underestimate because the survey time ... Mammal team counted 210 
Marco Polo in Big Pamir Wildlife Reserve and 191 from the ..... valley, the main 
valley of the so called Big Pamir reserve and the base for foreign hunters in the 
1970s. [DOC] [TLE] status of large mammals in proposed big pamir wildlife ... - USAID [PAR] Annual Report  First Phase of Mammal Survey  2006. 1. STATUS OF ... It was 
all possible because of his great .... Marco Polo has been reported first time from 
this valley .... variety of small rodents, voles and mice. The area was .... Shikargah 
valley, the main valley of the so called Big Pamir reserve and the base for foreign. [DOC] [TLE] Rare & Extinct Creatures - Moa & Elephant Bird - the messybeast [PAR] In 1298, while imprisoned in Genoa, Marco Polo wrote his memoirs, covering 26 
... The first French Governor of Madagascar and Director of the French East India 
... a large bird which haunts the Ampatres and lays eggs like the ostriches; so that 
the ..... Unlike New Zealand, Australia had a variety of marsupial mammals and... [DOC] [TLE] George Schaller's Grand Plan to Save the Marco Polo Sheep ... [PAR] Feb 21, 2008 ... George Schaller's Grand Plan to Save the Marco Polo Sheep ... When did you 
first recognize the danger that people pose to the ... When I began my work, most 
of the big animals had never been studied, so when I sat with the gorillas, ... I 
suspect it's because they're charismatic, they're beautiful, and you... [DOC] [TLE] A Sure Word: Marco Polo Describes a Dinosaur [PAR] Mar 9, 2012 ... It is from The Travels of Marco Polo the Venetian: ... When we have accounts that 
seem to describe dinosaurs and .... The Polo text is a very poor description of a 
crocodile so I wonder why ... You disqualify that possibility because

Question: The Marco Polo variety of this mammal is so named because Marco Polo was the first to describe it
Answer: sheep