Sentences with phrase «animal size»

Also, since the thickness of the mucus lining is dependent on animal size, it would be better to find a more human - sized stand - in.
Nevertheless, between the 8th and the 9th centuries CE domestic animal size reached a minimum in the whole period covered by this study.
It's great that your dogs have lived past 13 years old and weighing over 230 pounds isn't out of the ordinary for animals this size.
But it is in the modern era that animal size reached its maximum.
We are not faster or stronger than most animals our size, and even our eyes are incredibly flawed compared to other animals.
Larger domestic animal size entails a number of economic advantages with an increase in meat production or traction strength.
Just like these unique animals sizes and shapes differ so do their housing requirements.
Show the students a field guide and the information it contains, including data on animal size and habitat.
You're going to get a lot more from me so aim big and go for a stuffed animal the size of a blender and a $ 10 iTunes gift card.
Any reduction in animal size related to spaying and neutering can not be detected by the naked eye.»
This close reading has excited Smith and others who have been tracking animal size over the ages.
Growth autocorrelation and animal size variation.
Second, combining the idea that large animals are disproportionately important for the spread of nutrients with the natural rule that animal size increases over time, means the planet may have a Gaia - like mechanism of increasing fertility over time.
«Rampage» never quite gets to that point where you can consistently ignore the things it does wrong, and that can be deadly for a movie about animals the size of apartment buildings.
During the first centuries after the fall of the Empire, domestic animal size did not undergo significant changes.
«All these factors should be taken into account when making predictions about how animal size will respond.»
You'll teach students how to use measurements to deduce animal size, then build relevance through an activity in which students choose their nature names.
Then ask students to reference the field guides and list their animal's measurements in their field journals, including animal size, scat size, egg size, length of stride, size of paw, and so on.
Kyle Kirkland, President of Club One Casino, made a personal donation of almost $ 24,000 to provide much needed medical equipment and supplies, a commercial grade sterilizing dishwasher, two large animal sized stainless steel bathing tubs, two industrial animal cage dryers, a Bovie Aaron 1250 Electrosurgery unit, a high - tech animal dental cleaning station, improved surgical lighting and a VSSI animal lift gurney.
Of these measurements, significance was achieved for two measurement locations, forearm (radius and ulna) and gaskin lengths, demonstrating a potential correlation between animal size and CPL status within the Friesian breed.
In this study the authors described suggestive associations between post-mortem histological observations and IGF1 haplotype status, the latter which is known to be highly associated with animal size [38,45].
Lockley and Stanford said most of these ancient footprints belong to what we would consider small mammals — animals the size of squirrels or prairie dogs.
But with such a large group of eggs, he says, researchers can make quantitative measurements to better understand the range of egg sizes and shapes to get a sense of variation in animal size.
Trace fossils, which include burrows, nests, tracks, trails and holes made by boring, are frequently preserved in sedimentary successions, and these can provide information on animal size, behaviour and habitat choice.
And in the smaller critters, color has evolved as a camouflage, something that would have little or no success on an animal the size of an elephant — or an Apatosaurus!
It turned out that animal size wasn't the main predictor of whether the tail acted as a fifth leg or not.
They are about the size of a cherry and are located in fleshy fruit at the top of the plant, where only an animal the size of an elephant should be able to reach them.
According to the report, this relationship between land area and animal size is strong enough to induce evolutionary change over long time periods.
A comparison of all the otter jaw simulations revealed a linear relationship between jaw stiffness and animal size: Smaller otters had sturdier jaws.
The worst eyesight for an animal its size belongs to the rhinoceros, which at 15 feet can't tell a man from a tree.
«The increase in animal size is normally linked to improvements of an environmental type (for example to new ways of feeding) or of a genetic type (for example, by importing larger animals).
This leaves the number of cells accumulated as the main determinant of animal size.
In this lesson, you will teach students how to make good estimations of animal size and numbers.
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How Joint Supplements Work It would be amazing if an animal the size and weight of a horse didn't develop joint stress with what we expect of them.
The rules don't specify an animal size requirement or cutoff of any sort.
For your fur baby's first appointment, we will go over your pet's coat, further discuss your grooming expectations, discuss potential added fees based on coat condition and animal size, and go over any additional concerns or requests you may have.
Animal size is not the only variable to think about here.
The risks are proportional to the severity of the hip problems (arthritis, chronicity, bone wear, bone spurs, animal size, body condition score) to be resolved.
Using this technology, cemented and cementless implants can be used on the femoral stem and cup, respectively, or visa versa, depending on factors such as bone quality, bone shape, severity of the arthritis, animal size, and other technical considerations.
To see an animal the size of 11 elephants rise out of the water or wave its» tail flukes is a thrill of a lifetime.
After sorting the information and analyzing the species in the photographs, the researchers «found that larger protected areas and continuous forests tend to contain three similar attributes: (1) a higher diversity of species; (2) a greater variety of animal sizes, including populations of larger mammals, and (3) a greater variety of diets among those mammals (insectivores, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores).»
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