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shared by Jilliane Velazco on 03 Dec 08 - Cached

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Breakdance, breaking, b-boying or b-girling is a street dance style that evolved as part of the hip hop movement among African American and Puerto Rican youths in Manhattan and the South Bronx of New York City during the early 1970s
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A breakdancer, breaker, b-boy or b-girl refers to a person who practices breakdancing.
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Breakdancing may have begun as a building, productive, and a constructive youth culture alternative to the violence of urban street gangs.[1] Today, breakdancing culture is a remarkable discipline somewhere between those of dancers and athletes. Since acceptance and involvement centers on dance skills, breakdancing culture is often free of the common race and gender boundaries of a subculture and has been accepted worldwide.
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There are four basic elements that form the foundation of breakdance. These are toprock, downrock (also known as footwork), power moves, and freezes.
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Battles are an integral part of the b-boying culture. They can take the form of a cypher battle and an organized battle. Both types of battles are head to head confrontations between individuals or groups of dancers who try to out-dance each other.
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shared by Ariel Bonnee' on 09 Dec 08 - Cached

shared by Sylvia A on 05 Dec 08 - Cached

After rodents, bats are the most numerous mammals on earth.
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Males have a bright orange ruff and wings are black, which contrast with the tawny body fur.
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African bats fall into two major categories large fruit bats and smaller, insect-eating bats, none of which attack people.
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Bats are primarily found in forests and savannas. Colonies of bats roost together in tall trees.
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In some parts of Africa straw-colored fruit bats are considered a delicacy. Elsewhere they are considered pests and killed to prevent the destruction of fruit crops. Studies, however, have shown that bats only eat very ripe and unmarketable fruit and may even help reduce fungi and fruit flies in commercial plantations. Bats are also slaughtered because of superstitions and the musky odors and noise emanating from their roosting places.
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Bats, like most wild animals, will bite if handled, but if left alone they normally will avoid contact.
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Bats are versatile. The insect-eating type is a natural pesticide. Bat excrement, called guano, is sold as fertilizer. And seed dispersal and pollination activities of certain bats help tropical forests survive.
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