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Minnesota has many beautiful seneries of the lakes. It has 66  state parks there is hiking, camping, biking, swimming, fishing, birding, picnicking, skiing and showshoeing. Minnesota is also very popular for fishing. The most common fish are walleye, northern pikes, catfish, dogfish, trout, muskies, and sunfish. During the winter time people like to ski, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, dog sledding and of coarse ice fishing. And of coarse there is the mall of America, wich is the biggest mall in the states! SPORTS: Minnesota also has alot of sports like the Twin cities Marathon. It takes place every year in Septmeber, it has been called the most beautiful marathon in America. Another marathon is the Grandmas Marathon, its a coarse run along Lake Superior. It begins outside Two Harbors and finishes in Duluth's Canal Park. Some Minnesota teams are: Minnesota Vikings football team Minnesota Twins baseball team Minnesota Timberwolves basketball team Minnesota Wild NHL Hockey team Minnesota Lynx womans basketball team Minnesota Thunder soccer team ANIMALS:     A very common animal in Minnesota is the Muskrat, its not really a rat, they eat roots, stems, small fish and even small turtles.     Another animal that is common in the lakes and rivers in Minnesota are the Snapping turtles, they are the largest turtle species in Minnesota.  The largest one  measured  19 1/2 inches! They have very strong jaws, and if they feel like they are endagered they just snap their jaws and it can cut your arm in half. STATE BIRD: The state bird of Minnesota is the Loon. Loons have eyes that can focus on air and in water. They have heavier bones then other birds. When they are swimming they can put oxygen in their leg muscles so they can swim for a longer time.  Acid rains have sterelized many of the lakes were this birds live, their numbers are declining quickly. The state drink is milk, the state flower is the pink and white ladys slipper. TOURISIM DIFFERENCES- BOLIVIA AND MINNESOTA The tourisim here in Bolivia is very different then the one in Minnesota, in Minnesota there is malls, ice fishing, dog sledding and so much more. In Bolivia you can go to some lakes here and fish, but there is no ice fishing