Sentences with phrase «big as an elephant»

It's hard to believe that an animal that weighs only 30 pounds can sound as big as an elephant.

The sloths» ancestor, the Megatherium, was as big as an elephants, with claws the size of your forearm.

Not exact matches

The elephant, though famed as beast judicious, While on his own account he had no wishes, Pronounced dame whale too big to suit his taste; Of flesh and fat she was a perfect waste.

As the human population grows and farmers invade the forests with slash - and - burn methods to find fertile soil to raise cotton and corn, they run into a big problem: hungry elephants who love to raid their fields and gobble down the crops.

Even our trackers, Mamu and Methui, who had lived all their lives with elephants, were visibly nervous as we moved closer and closer to the group in which our big tusker was.

Fun carnival details such as a flappy elephant's ear or the big top flag really set sleepy circus Grobag apart from all the other baby sleeping bags.

As well as understanding that Labour must be a party which reaches out to the public, he tackled probably the biggest elephant in the room, and tackled it head - on: the system which elected him as leadeAs well as understanding that Labour must be a party which reaches out to the public, he tackled probably the biggest elephant in the room, and tackled it head - on: the system which elected him as leadeas understanding that Labour must be a party which reaches out to the public, he tackled probably the biggest elephant in the room, and tackled it head - on: the system which elected him as leadeas leader.

Researchers have long explored this idea by observing animals such as chimpanzees, dolphins and elephants, but biologist Natalia Borrego of South Africa's University of KwaZulu - Natal focuses on big cats.

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.

The gargantuan gypsum crystals in Mexico's Cave of Crystals measure up to 36 feet (the length of a motor home) and weigh as much as 55 tons (the weight of 11 big elephants).

Though little is known about Loki, scientists hope that it will help to resolve one of biology's biggest mysteries: how life transformed from simple single - celled organisms to the menagerie of complex life known as eukaryotes — a category that includes everything from yeast to azaleas to elephants.

In spite of their size, these big mammals were extremely vulnerable, as are modern elephants.

Big extinct birds such as the giant moa, thunderbirds and elephant birds all left eggshells behind them.

«This subduction zone stands out as the big elephant in the corner,» Goldfinger says.

We talked about the big elephant in the room, Tinder, and how it has affected our businesses as well as your dating experience.

Now elephants, as everyone knows, have big ears, and therefore can hear things better than some.

Some of the biggest laughs come from obvious gags that you know the writers couldn't resist, such as the bit where Idris» water buffalo captain says they can't start the morning briefing without acknowledging the elephant in the room.

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)

As The Big Roundtable gets off the ground Shapiro and his «readers» will be looking for long - form nonfiction, which is something bigger than a breadbasket and smaller than an elephant.

The Kindle Owners» Lending Library offers access to a wide array of categories and genres in fiction and non-fiction, and includes popular titles such as Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, The Big Short and Liars» Poker by Michael Lewis, TheHunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen — plus award - winning books such as The Finkler Question and Guns, Germs, and Steel, memoirs such as Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential, and motivational books like The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

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).

Counting shelters and humane societies, breed rescues and rabbit rescues, chimpanzee refuges and feral cat caretakers, elephant and big cat sanctuaries, there may be as many as 20,000 animal organizations in the U.S. alone.

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.

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.

Should you wish to venture out for a day, there are many interesting activities all within close proximity to the game park, such as Big 5 viewing, golf, elephant interaction, mountain biking, reptile interaction and spa pampering.

Somalisa Camp is set in the heart of the Hwange National Park which is known as the land of the giants because of the big elephant herds that inhabit it.

Join our Ngorongoro crater safari tours for the ultimate safari adventure, as the crater floor offers superb game viewing with wildebeest, zebras, buffaloes, gazelles, elephants, rhinos and Africa's big cats all present.

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...

Tembe Elephant Game Park is just as enthralling, home to the biggest African elephants in the world.

Its wildlife is of the very best in Africa and found in spectacular numbers in the Okavango Delta where huge herds of buffalo and elephant as well as hippo, big cats, antelope, hyenas, hunting dogs and other game can be seen in abundance.

Bakas Elephant Parks is one of the popular elephant park to enjoy see the elephant and ride the elephant, in here you also can see Elephant do show for tourist, enjoy take picture as much as you like with the biggest animal (elephant) in the parks.

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

And there's always the big elephants in the room known as Marvel and Star Wars.

In the big warehouse space of Chris Ofili's studio, there are a few curiosities: a box of women's legs carefully cut out of porn magazines, a ping - pong table, a little Catalan model of a pooing peasant, a few of the varnished balls of elephant dung that have come to be seen as the 33 - year - old painter's signature.

And the big elephant in the room as far as your analysis is concerned is EvapoTranspiration.

The move came after the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), in conjunction with Humane Society International (HSI), launched the report Blood e-Commerce on March 18 exposing Rakuten as the world's biggest online marketplace for elephant ivory and whale meat products, and the day after UN International Court of Justice ruled against Japan's fraudulent «scientific» whaling in the Antarctic.

well i for one see wind energy as a big white elephant.

Sabi Sands Game Reserve About Blog An African Safari blog which features news on leopards, lions, elephants as well as the rest of the Big 5 on Londolozi Game Reserve, bordering the Kruger Frequency about 7 posts per week.