While tail docking is an effective preventive method in some cases, if it is not carried out correctly it may result in other problems such as ill thrift or rectal prolapse. In lambs, tail docking at the distal end of the caudal folds tends to minimize docking effects on incidence of rectal prolapse.
Carbon Glacier is located on the north slope of Mount Rainier in the U.S. state of Washington and is the source of the Carbon River. The snout at the glacier terminal moraine is at about 3,500 feet (1,100 m) above sea level, making it the lowest-elevation glacier in the contiguous United States.
The Canada Glacier looms at the edge of Lake Fryxell in Antarctica. The glacier is in a region of the continent known as the McMurdo Dry Valleys.(For more pictures of the amazing colors of our world, buy the National Geographic book Life in Color .).hotograph by George Steinmetz. The Canada Glacier looms at the edge of Lake Fryxell in Antarctica. The glacier is in a region of the continent known as the McMurdo Dry Valleys. (For more pictures of the amazing colors of our world, buy the National Geographic book Life in Color .).