For the same reason, carotenoid colors often predominate in ripe fruit after being unmasked by the disappearance of chlorophyll. Carotenoids give the characteristic color to carrots, corn, canaries, and daffodils, as well as egg yolks, rutabagas, buttercups, and bananas.
Overview. Bahamas is a Commonwealth, Constitutional, and Parliamentary Democracy whose current leader is Chief Executive Hubert Ingraham. The chief executive in Bahamas typically has a term length of 5 years. Bahamas's Legislature has 40 seats, and the last legislative elections were in 2007.
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