Sentences with word «arboreal»

He suspects that the tails of arboreal mammals, such as cats and monkeys, serve a similar purpose.

The distinctly human ability for forceful precision (e.g. when turning a key) and power «squeeze» gripping (e.g. when using a hammer) is linked to two key evolutionary transitions in hand use: a reduction in arboreal climbing and the manufacture and use of stone tools.

To discuss every species of suitable arboreal lizards would occupy dozens of pages, so it is vital that retailers selling these animals do proper research on the specific animals being offered for sale and be prepared to answer any potential questions.

With arboreal animals that don't leave footprints, you can't tell whether you're right or not.

Habitats: Zoo Med - ReptiBreeze Zoo Med's ReptiBreeze is an open - air black anodized aluminum screen cage that is great for small species of old world chameleons, juvenile green iguanas and other arboreal species of lizards.

Although the fossil record is incomplete, we have more than enough to see that, in broad terms, our big - brained, long - limbed, built - for - distance - walking species evolved from arboreal ancestors with smaller brains, larger teeth and broader chests.

«Night calls reveal two new rainforest arboreal frog species from western New Guinea.»

For the ultimate in getaway cabins, the Dom «Up suspended treehouse offers a unique arboreal living experience to its residents, without harming the trees that it's hanging from.

These are appropriate for arboreal animals, for which the cage tends to be taller than it is long.

With some notable exceptions, many of the best beginner lizard species are of tropical or sub-tropical origin and adopt either a partial or fully arboreal lifestyle.

«If arboreal forests are the lungs of the planet,» says Walker, «the Southern Ocean is its heart.»

Sugar Gliders are nocturnal arboreal marsupials with large eyes.

To navigate a life in the trees, sloths (and other arboreal folivores) possess extraordinarily low metabolic rates

This is very useful in small arboreal cages, wherein the light needs to go down, but not wide.

Artist Statement «Stunning arboreal giants covered in moss, grazing Roosevelt elk, lush blanket of plants and rushing rivers all intertwine to create an ecosystem that will breathe life into your visit...

«It is a combination of direct development and use of arboreal habitat that accounts for a great deal of the radiation.»

Like the more familiar camera traps at ground level, arboreal camera traps may become an important tool for recording hitherto hidden behaviors.

There are even a number of snakes that make fantastic arboreal denizens.

UVB lights are absolutely essential for desert lizards and tortoises as well as many arboreal snakes and lizards.

Artist Statement «Stunning arboreal giants covered in moss, grazing Roosevelt elk, lush blanket of plants and rushing rivers all intertwine to create an ecosystem that will breathe life into your...

Featured among the large - scale works is Vertigo (sotto en su) from 2007, comprised of layers of precision - cut, highly polished metal woven into a reflective and intricate arboreal pattern suspended high above the viewer.

Made in collaboration with USF Graphicstudio, Vertigo is comprised of layers of precision - cut, highly polished metal, woven into a reflective and intricate arboreal pattern suspended high above the viewer - not unlike an immense, cascading tree branch.

Tanks with a standard - five footprint but greatly extended height can be wonderful for small arboreal species.

The orangutans are the only great apes that occurs outside Africa, and they are the largest arboreal mammal in the world.

It also puts an exclamation mark on the argument that A. afarensis was a fully committed terrestrial biped, given the radical restructuring of its foot that already had occurred relative to that of a contemporaneous partly arboreal hominin taxon.»

These observations support studies of the postcranial fossil record which have concluded that H. erectus was an obligatory biped, whereas A. africanus showed a locomotor repertoire comprising facultative bipedalism as well as arboreal climbing.

Some parrot species, such as African greys, are primarily ground foragers and appreciate a clean surface on the cage bottom or on a ledge to forage on, while other parrot species, such as lories, are primarily arboreal foragers and prefer enrichment opportunities in the upper area of the cage, he said.

They know what reptile species can be housed together, what amphibians can live in and out of water, what tarantulas need arboreal enclosures, and which ones are happier on the ground.

Kinkajou - martilla; Potos flavus: a nocturnal, arboreal relative of raccoon with light brown fur (to 20 inches, with 20 - inch prehensile tail).

Her paintings range from the symbolic to a kind of unique arboreal portraiture.

After teaching as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan for 25 years, she was commissioned by Paris and designed Arboreal Architecture, an ecological city with skyscrapers covered with vegetation.

Hundreds of acres of once - vibrant, postcard - perfect groves that have prospered for centuries are now cemeteries where twisted, dead tree trunks protrude like arboreal zombies from fertile soil in which grass and flowers easily grow.

«Powered flight probably evolved after early birds acquired more arboreal adaptations.»

Another finished work depicts the aftermath of a Vermont storm that left arboreal carnage in its wake, which appealed to the artist.

Cresties are almost that docile; the fact that they are arboreal makes them more prone to jumping than the terrestrial leopards, but they are otherwise equally calm and amenable to human contact.

By contrast, the crestie's arboreal nature means that it responds to height by simply leaping.

Iron Gall ink is so named because it is traditionally made from oak galls, a kind of arboreal tumor.

«Indian Bread,» an attractive, tasteless, yet nutritious arboreal fungus that was a staple of the indigenous peoples of Tierra del Fuego.

J. Sterling Morton, the founder of Arbor Day and an ardent arboreal advocate who recognized the value of trees of all types, famously said, «Each generation takes the earth as trustees.»

With their long, strong arms and short bowed legs, it's easy to see why orang - utans are considered the most arboreal of all great apes.

«Frogs started becoming arboreal.

A team of several dozen researchers reports online today in Scientific Reports that it has observed chimps routinely throwing and banging rocks at arboreal targets, resulting in the kind of stone accumulations pictured above.

Now Selam is further illuminating whether A. afarensis spent all its time on the ground or, like an ape, still lived a partially arboreal life, as Wong describes, starting on page 78.