Sentences with phrase «as an elephant»

But it also says that forest species such as elephants, buffalo and apes that are slow to reproduce need to be protected or they will disappear entirely.

Since then, she's been trying to draw international attention to the plight of the people as well as the elephants she left behind.

A unique adventure travel destination: lush, green vegetation as far as the eye can see, with leaves as big as elephant ears.

If you're like most salespeople, your daily schedule can look as large as an elephant — and it can be overwhelming to think about how you'll get everything accomplished.

It's described as an elephant sitting on your chest.

The whole place looks gorgeous, but as an elephant fan I'm dying over the elephant statues in the pool!

Can't say I remember playing as an elephant, can you?

The two screens are virtually the same size as the elephant.

Her skin must have been as thick as an elephant's to have put up with all the crap she had to face.

Perhaps we should devote more of them to saving the similar creatures, such as the elephant, that are still here but in great need of help.

The pets that are commonly insured by these companies include dogs, horses as well as elephants.

Something as big as an elephant and a blue whale just grew out of a group of random microscopic cells.

We write posts on our site about animal cruelty, such as the elephants in Chitwan, Nepal and the dolphin slaughters in Japan, so instead of always focusing on the negative, I wanted to highlight a place that we feel is doing a good job with animals.

Also known as elephant grass, miscanthus is one of a new generation of renewable energy crops that can be converted into renewable energy by being burned in biomass power stations.

Phocids such as elephant seals, grey seals and hooded seals remain on land or ice and fast during their relatively short lactation period — four days for the hooded seal and five weeks for elephant seals.

Just as elephant seals restrict blood flow to their nonessential tissues during deep dives, blood flow is interrupted in humans during organ transplantation, stroke, heart attack and other injuries.

Environmental problems of generating electricity could be tackled by switching to bio-fuels such as elephant grass, straw and wood from poplar trees, claims the Dutch energy and environment organisation Novem.

These are environmentally friendly and made from a root vegetable known as the elephant yam root.

That it never was made for touchscreen based devices like tablet PCs, with some even comparing the OS from Microsoft on a tablet as an elephant trying to ride a moped, stressing on the fact that it can never match up to the requirements of a touchscreen enabled device.

That it never was made for touchscreen based devices like tablet PCs, with some even comparing the OS from Microsoft on a tablet as an elephant trying to ride a moped, stressing on... [Read more...]

Wildlife attractions such as elephant rides or picture taking with lions and tigers are not only physically demanding for the animals involved, but also psychologically traumatic for them as well.

Watch the elephant enjoy their morning or afternoon bath and than meet our head mahout to learn about the daily life of a Sumatran elephant as the elephant get saddled up for the explorer or adventure treks.

Watch the elephants enjoy their morning or afternoon bath and then meet our Head Mahout to learn about the daily life of a Sumatran elephant as the elephants get saddled - up for the «Explorer» or «Adventurer» treks.

Although other theropods rivaled or exceeded T.rex in size, it was the largest known tyrannosaurid and one of the largest known land predators, measuring over 12 metres (40 feet) in length and weighing as much as an elephant.

Thanks to the similarity of their genomes, the genes of woolly mammoth traits can be edited into the Asian elephant genome, and the combination brought to life as an elephant cousin, once again adapted for the conditions of the far north.

Many of these make interesting excursions from jembisa such as visits to local craft projects, a traditional Sotho home and a taste of the local dishes, cultural tours, curio and craft shops and specialist safari operations such as elephant back and horse - riding safaris.

It's unclear whether vendors view changes in buying behavior as the elephant in the room (not to be discussed) or are aware of the shift but have concluded nothing can be done.

They are halfway good, wishing to indulge in evil, but not daring to, clinging to right living with reluctant resolution, looking upon duty as an elephant might on his rider, sitting on his neck and pulling at his ears with an iron prong to make him go whither he would not.

«I always describe New York as an elephant's graveyard for ovaries,» he said.

First, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the breakthrough Broadway musical that, starting in 1943, extolled the virtues of a state where «the corn is as high as an elephant's eye.»

Packing a yummy lunch fast makes me as happy as a elephant with a billion peanuts.

Just as elephant mothers surround and protect another birthing elephant, so too, we encircle and offer support to a sister, friend, cousin who is -LSB-...]

Aren't you thankful we don't carry our babies as long as elephants?!

Kate Hudson, chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, said Mr Miliband's speech, which accompanied a policy information paper from the Foreign Office was a «great disappointment», which treated Trident as the elephant in the room.

He scored twice as the Elephants cruised to their second continental title.

Also known as elephant trunks, they can be several light - years in length.

YOU wouldn't have recognised Eritherium as an elephant when it was roaming Morocco 60 million years ago.

«Elephant declines imperil Africa's forests: As elephant populations shrink, forest composition and structure will undergo dramatic change.»

«As elephants go, so go the trees.»

Early humans seem to have eaten a wide variety of vegetables and nuts, alongside delicacies such as elephant brain and fish

Now we learn from the Sri Lankan Daily News that butterflies in the Bellanwila - Attidiya Sanctuary have been observed acting in a disorderly fashion round a plant known locally as the elephant's trunk (Heliotropium indicum).

The report examines such matters as elephant mortality, ivory seizures, stockpiles, law enforcement budgets and staffing levels in selected areas in nine of the states in which the African elephant roams.

The report calls for local agreements that allow hunting of species that can rebound quickly (such as various species of duikers, a type of forest antelope) while nixing kills of species with long gestation periods (such as elephants who give birth after 22 months).

As elephants age, they continue to grow larger, as do their coveted tusks.

The study's findings may help conservationists, the scientists say, as the elephants face new pressures from climate change and human settlements.

As an elephant management tool, translocation did not help the elephants or the people.»

There is a deep cultural heritage and history around wildlife products such as elephant ivory and rhino horn in some parts of the world.

And you better believe that I had something else already in my cart and ready to check out as soon as the elephant sundress became available again.