Sentences with phrase «giant sperm in»
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The images show two large sperm pumps called Zenker's organs, resembling those found in living giant - sperm - producing ostracods (Science, DOI: 10.1126 / science.1173898).
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Working in Peru, they unearthed similar teeth along with the giant skull and jaw of a fearsome, 12 - million - year - old sperm whale.
Giant fossilized sperm found in Australia appear as ropelike structures in the seminal vesicles of a 17 - million - year - old mussel shrimp.
Fruit flies» giant sperm have been challenging to explain, says study coauthor Scott Pitnick of Syracuse University in New York.
Renee Reijo Pera, a biologist at Stanford's Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, points out that earlier attempts to create offspring with sperm from embryonic stem cells resulted in short - lived mouse pups that were either giants or midgets.
Lüpold says that such interactions underlie the coevolution of sperm - female tract traits observed in numerous taxa: «Giant sperm tails represent the cellular, postcopulatory equivalent of peacock tails, having evolved mainly through female sperm choice.»
In 2008, remains of a giant raptorial sperm whale, Livyatan melvillei, were discovered at this site.
Like Captain Ahab in Moby Dick, paleontologists have long been on the track of a giant sperm whale, one armed with large, flesh - tearing teeth.
China's Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding keeps eggs, sperm and other tissue samples from pandas and other natives species preserved in cold storage.
Even sperm whales in deep waters offshore, where the delta's abundance concentrates food resources for these marine giants, depend on a healthy delta.
Later, in a nod to The Thomas Crown Affair, I bet (the remake, I mean), Grey / Steele go for a flight in a glider that looks like a giant sperm with wings.
What I took away most from In the Heart of the Sea was more than just some mindless giant sperm whale wreaking havoc on the Essex, but rather a metaphor of nature exacting its revenge on global industry much like Godzilla destroying Tokyo for its irresponsibility with nuclear power.
by Walter Chaw The title refers to a New York Museum of Natural History diorama called «Clash of the Titans» that proposes what a tussle between a sperm whale and a giant squid would look like — and it functions as the final, stirring tableaux of a 16 mm film self - consciously shot in the manner of early Jim Jarmusch or Spike Lee joints.
New Zealand's only marine based whale watching company, offering visitors an up - close encounter with Giant Sperm Whales in their natural environment.
And now giant squid populations are exploding in various regions — maybe a good thing for sperm whales, but ask Captain Nemo what he thinks about that!