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| | Europe Encyclopedia Article @ HigherPower.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | Almost all European countries are members of the Council of Europe, the exceptions being Belarus, and the Holy See (Vatican City). |
 | | Having lived side-by-side with agricultural peoples for millennia, Europe's animals and plants have been profoundly affected by the presence and activities of man. With the exception of Scandinavia and northern Russia, few areas of untouched wilderness are today to be found in Europe, except for different natural parks. |
 | | Important European herbivores are snails, amphibians, fish, different birds, and mammals, like rodents, deers and roe deers, boars, and living in the mountains, marmots, steinbocks, chamoises among others. |
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