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Animals of Nauru Day leads today's complete edition for United States.
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You discover that frigatebirds, boobies, and sea turtles represent Nauru's limited but distinctive Pacific island fauna. You find that dogs and cats are the primary pets kept, as the island's small size limits other domesticated animal options. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
In the US, this commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320, the Scottish declaration of independence. Scottish Americans wear kilts and play bagpipes. In states with heavy Scottish heritage (North Carolina, which has more Scottish descendants than any other state), the celebration is earnest and loud. The bagpipes are very loud.