Sentences with phrase «big as a lion»

Thylacoleo carnifex was about as big as a lion.

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But as of now, crowdfunding is still a minority share so most likely the crowd could be marginalized as the bigger players get the lion's share of the investment opportunities.

Big brewers such as Lion and Asahi are no longer part of the Craft Beer Industry Association, with the army of small micro-brewers that has sprung up deciding to exclude them because their vast balance sheets were deemed to give them an unfair advantage, which didn't sit well with the small business entrepreneurs driving most craft beer companies.

Alongside the 10 separate offers from the bidding parties, the contest also drew international powerhouses into the consolidation play as the world's biggest dairy exporter, New Zealand's Fonterra, snared a 10 per cent stake in Bega Cheese while Lion, which is a subsidiary of Japanese behemoth Kirin, seized 10 per cent of WCB.

These include Waverley Station which is owned by the Crouch family and is the biggest beef cattle farmer on the island and corporates such as Nippon Meats and Kirin Holdings - owned Lion Dairy & Drinks which owns and operates dairy farms and a cheese factory on the island.

He is a great player but with our own Giroud in great form and still improving at centre forward and with great options up front in Alexis, Walcott and Welbeck, as well as promising young strikers like Akpom, Campbell and Sanogo trying to break through, I don't see a striker as a big transfer priority for the summer, especially if it is going to use up the lion's share of our budget.

That was a very important game for the three lions as well, away to their biggest group rivals Switzerland, and so it was a big risk but one that has paid off for Hodgson.

With more than $ 30 million reported in his war chest as of January, Cuomo receives the lion's share of his campaign contributions from much bigger sectors — like real estate and pharmaceuticals — than the state's brewing industry.

«It will be interesting to see the influence of large predators on smaller predators in other parts of the world, especially the role of the big cats such as jaguars, leopards, lions and tigers,» said co-author William Ripple of Oregon State University.

Savannahs are home not only to unique wildlife, including the «Big Five» — the African elephant, rhinoceros, Cape buffalo, leopard and lion — but also to thousands of endemic plant species such as the baobab, or monkey bread tree.

Big dogs may have helped humans hunt dangerous carnivores, such as cave bears, hyenas and cave lions.

«You'll likely see Leonotis leonurus (a psychoactive plant from the Mint family referred to as lion's tail or dagga) hit store shelves soon, but the bigger worry will be synthetics,» Stogner warns.

When Rayfield looked at its jaw muscles, she found «the bite of Allosaurus is by no means pathetic, but by no means as big as modern predators like lions.»

The big cats, also known as pumas or mountain lions, once ranged all the way to the East Coast, but were exterminated by hunting and habitat loss through much of their North American range.

They found that the brain of a golden retriever has more neurons than a hyena, lion or brown bear, even though the bigger predators have brains up to three times as large.

As the biggest city, Auckland has claimed the lion's share of New Zealand festivals, meaning a year - round programme of activities for those seeking Auckland date ideas.

Big Cat Rescue is home to sleek leopards and majestic lions; breathtaking tigers; gleaming golden cougars; as well as a large group of smaller cats like the supremely spotty servals and ocelots, bobcats, lynxes, and caracals.

As produced it is more like a trip to the zoo, with the scribes imported into a set that suggests a writers» room (white board, bulletin board, index cards, big table, coffee) as a lion cage might simulate the velAs produced it is more like a trip to the zoo, with the scribes imported into a set that suggests a writers» room (white board, bulletin board, index cards, big table, coffee) as a lion cage might simulate the velas a lion cage might simulate the veld.

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I'm not a big fan of Lion, which, as Lisa Schwarzbaum once wrote of Simon Birch, all but leaps off the screen and cuts onions under your eyes to get you to cry, but I am an unflagging admirer of Kidman's ability to convince you that any role she's playing is exactly what she has always wanted to do.

We learn that one of the biggest hurdles in maintaining production designer Hans Bacher's simplified linework was deprogramming animators trained on such detail - oriented films as The Lion King and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

On the heels of its announcement as a World Premiere in this year's Toronto International Film Festival, The Weinstein Company's # 1 Oscar hope this year, Lion, has given us a big first look at Oscar - winner Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel and Oscar - nominee Rooney Mara.

Although Chazelle should get the lion's share of the credit as to why the film works, that shouldn't take away from the phenomenal performances, not only in acting, but also in singing, dancing, and playing instruments, to Crazy Stupid Love and Gangster Squad cast - mates Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, who took over the roles from the originally pitched Emma Watson (who was iffy on the project before ultimately being unavailable) and Whiplash star Miles Teller (who, reportedly, lost the gig trying to stall for a bigger paycheck).

Lion was the big winner tonight at the 31st annual ASC Awards as Greig Fraser took home the marquee Theatrical Feature prize from the American Society of Cinematographers.

Taymor directed «The Lion King» stage musical, so it comes as no surprise that she knows how to put on a big show.

Cast: Noah Noah's Wife Sons: Shem, Ham Japheth Shem's wife Ham's wife Japheth's wife Wild valley people including: Tribe leader Jeerer 1 Jeerer 2 Jeerer 3 Cruel woman and child 2 Peasants Wild deer and hunter Specific Animals: Raven Dove (s)(for creative dance sequence) 2 Monkeys 2 big cats (lions or tigers etc) 2 elephants Singers (Selected singers will be costumed and face painted as animals of your choice)

In mid-year 2014, indie - published authors as a cohort began taking home the lion's share (40 %) of all ebook author earnings generated on Amazon.com while authors published by all of the Big Five publishers combined slipped into second place at 35 %.»

I'm not annoyed or surprised — I predicted that once Amazon had its way with the big 5, once indies had served their purpose as a stick with which to threaten trad pubs, it would go back to business as usual, where the lion's share of sales went to trad pubs and Amazon imprints (a variation of trad pub), and indies had to generate far more content and work far harder for a much smaller slice of the pie.

Later Cornelius Van Rooyen, a big game hunter who was farming in Rhodesia, which is known as Zimbabwe today, started selectively breeding dogs to try to track and keep leopards and lions at bay.

The dogs were used as big and small game hunters, tracking animals such as moose, elk, bear, mountain lion, badger, lynx, wolf, reindeer and rabbit.

Watch as Dr. Tammy Miller -LRB-» 99) of BluePearl Veterinary Partners performs an eye exam on Joseph the lion at Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Florida.

Before veterinary school, she lived in South Africa for 5 years working with wildlife as a professional field guide specializing in animal behavior, and the Big Five game species (elephants, lions, leopards, buffalo, and rhino).

Once the dog was introduced to Rhodesia it became known for its ability to hunt big game such as lions which is how it also became known as the African lion hound.

Big cats, such as lions and tigers, communicate by roaring and, with the exception of a kitten that can purr and meow, cats can either purr or roar, but not both.

This bill called the Big Cat Public Safety Act is the most important piece of legislation to ever be introduced to protect lions, tigers, and other exotic wild cats from being kept as pets and in miserable roadside zoos.

Now your kid can be as big a fan of The Lion King as Prince George.

So we see plenty of game: almost as soon as we turn into the 12,000 hectare reserve there are wildebeest, warthogs, giraffe, two kinds of zebra and several kinds of antelope and on drives over the next couple of days we spot four out of the «big five»: elephant, lion, buffalo and rhino.

Amongst the abundance of unique and exhilarating encounters, guests should most certainly keep a look out for the continent's fabled «Big Five» which are composed of elephants, rhinos, leopards, lions and water buffalo, as well as some other recognisable species such as giraffe and zebra.

Although it is only a suburb of Pretoria, Tshwane, it is in close vicinity of many interesting places to visit, such as a Lion park, Cradle of Humankind, Sterkfontein Grottos, Hartebeespoort dam and its huge cultural artefact market, and Bela Bela with the biggest Water Feature Park in South Africa.

Kruger National Park is home to the Big Five (elephant, leopard, buffalo, rhinoceros, and lion) as well as other popular animals such as cheetah, giraffe, baboon, and many, many more.

Pilanesberg is home to the Big 5: elephants, lions, leopards, black buffalo, and rhinos, as well as zebras, wildebeests, Nyala antelope, and vervet monkeys.

Spanning 200 km from north to south and 50 km from east to west, Kruger is home to the Big Five (elephant, rhinoceros, leopard, lion, and buffalo) as well as a multitude of other animals...

It is the same concept as people who go big game hunting and rave about the majesty of the Cape Buffalo or the Lion... Just before shooting it to death.

Garonga Safari Camp is an exclusive 12 - bed safari camp offering the chance to view big game such as lions, elephants and rhinos.

On this blog we mostly talk about topics from the video games consulting part of ICO Partners, but we also have an excellent Public Relations team working on a wide range of clients and titles (from big players like SMITE, Fractured Space, Endless Legend to indie titles such as Evoland, The Lion's Song and Fragments of Him).

Lion and Finka are both warriors and scientists, as Ubisoft said they have the expertise to make the big difference in Operation Chimera.

COUNTRY: Italy AWARDED BY: The Venice Biennale WHAT IT IS: Actual statuettes of mini golden and silver lions AIM: To honor the best national participation at the Venice Biennale (Golden Lion), and to honor the most promising artist at the Biennale (Silver Lion) ELIGIBILITY: Must be an artist participating in the Venice Biennale (though there are also lifetime achievement awards) NUMBER OF WINNERS: One per award YEAR INSTITUTED: As it is awarded now, 1986 for the Golden Lion and 1998 for the Silver Lion WHY IT»S IMPORTANT: The Venice Biennale is the biggest event of the art calendar — it's widely known as the Olympics of the art worlAs it is awarded now, 1986 for the Golden Lion and 1998 for the Silver Lion WHY IT»S IMPORTANT: The Venice Biennale is the biggest event of the art calendar — it's widely known as the Olympics of the art worlas the Olympics of the art world.

Now that the last of the big cats have been collected, in an effort known as Operation Lion Ark, they'll soon be heading to join some 270 other rescued animals at their new home, The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado.

However, conservationists have also found that lion populations decline wherever big - game hunting is legal, as regulations designed to prevent population depletion are undermined by corruption.

««Good Night Sweetheart» (1931) is based on themes from Schubert's Symphony in C and Liszt's preludes»); ««The Lion Sleeps Tonight,» also known as «Wimoweh» — recorded by the Weavers in 1952 and the Tokens in 1961 — is based on a traditional African song»); and folk songs based on religious tunes («[T] he melody of [Bob] Dylan's first big hit, «Blowin» in the Wind,» was based on an antislavery spiritual, «No More Auction Block».