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Why is Barbados so called?

The island of Barbados got its name from the Portuguese explorer Pedro Campos, who saw many fig trees growing here, entwined with beard-like epiphytes. Barbados is Portuguese for "bearded".

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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In 1987, a 15-year-old German Shepherd named Gabi defeated a jaguar that had escaped from a cage at the Belgrade Zoo in a fight. A security guard with two dogs made a night round and in the dark did not notice that the jaguar enclosure was empty. However, Gaby smelled the cat and rushed at her, despite the fact that the second dog cowardly ran away. This gave the security guard the opportunity to call the police, who failed to catch the jaguar and had to shoot him to save people. Gabi suffered numerous injuries in the fight, but was successfully operated on and returned to work at the zoo.

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