Sentences with phrase «by mammals like»

Evolution has led to an incredible diversity of phenotypes in all major species clades, exemplified by mammals like bats that fly or dolphins that live entirely in the water.

Not exact matches

Marsupials have evolved in Australia several forms which occupy ecological niches held on other continents by placental mammals — wolf - like, squirrel - like, mole - like, woodchuck - like, etc..

Thus, although man — like all the other mammals — experiences lust without realizing its connection to generation of offspring, the character of his lusting would certainly be conditioned by its relation to that outcome or goal.

Step - by - step, palaeontologists can see the switch from peg - like reptilian teeth to the differentiated teeth of mammals (incisors, canines, molars).

We can reconcile this contradiction by appreciating the difference between getting stressed like a normal mammal (during a physical crisis that lasts a short time) and getting stressed like a human (over the course of, say, a 30 - year mortgage).

It might not seem like a revolutionary concept, but marine biologists have just made a claim that could shake up the way dolphins are identified in scientific studies: We humans can reliably identify these marine mammals the same way we identify each another, by simply looking at their faces.

This behavior, discovered by a team led by Kathrin Dausmann, an animal physiologist at Philipps University in Marburg, Germany, seemed suspiciously like hibernation, although no tropical mammal — and certainly no primate — has ever been known to hibernate.

Like his students, Wells is forever amazed by these enigmatic mammals.

A research team led by Scott Gardner of the University of Nebraska - Lincoln has identified four new species of Ctenomys, a genus of gopher - like mammal found throughout much of South America.

«We were very excited to find that distantly related mammal species appear to produce calls with vibrato - like pitch modulation in order to improve the perception of important information encoded by formants,» Charlton says.

And later, he analyzed patterns of mortality and reproduction in natural populations of lions and baboons (see «Just Like the Joneses») by working with other scientists who had already been collecting field data from the mammals.

Mammals keep iron out of reach of invading microbes by storing it in cells like macrophages — white blood cells which, among other things, normally «recycle» the iron from red blood cells back into the bloodstream.

This finding puts the final nail in the coffin of the long - standing view that early mammals were primitive, shrew - like insectivores, overshadowed by the dinosaurs.

Like all mammal poop, the samples were dominated by bacteria of two phyla: Firmicutes, thought to play a role in the absorption of dietary fats, and Bacteroidetes, associated with high - fiber diets.

After ruling out previous causes of such mass deaths — cold weather, disease like morbillivirus and even poisoning by algal bloom — fisheries scientists are left with only one conclusion: «Put all that evidence together and it supports the hypothesis that the oil spill contributed to the increase in deaths,» says veterinarian Stephanie Venn - Watson of the National Marine Mammal Foundation in San Diego.

Skulking between these giant theories — almost, we are tempted to say, like a proto - mammal evading the saurian giants — is another, put forward somewhat shyly by the makers of the 3D Imax dinosaur movie imaginatively entitled Dinosaurs 3D.

Hardy pointed out that only aquatic mammals like walruses and hippopotamuses have naked skin and subcutaneous fat — human traits not shared by other apes.

Here we celebrate some of the coolest extinct fish, mammals, dinosaurs, birds and other beasts discovered in recent years by showcasing the artistic representations that reveal what they might have looked like.

Soon, plant - eating animal life followed (including Arthropods such as the scorpion - like Eurypterids that moved from marine waters into brackish then fresh water — some species becoming amphibious and emerging onto land for part of their life cycle after becoming capable of breathing in both water and air — which eventually evolved into insects, and finally, by 379 million years ago, animals with backbones known as «vertebrates» which evolved from Fishes that moved onto land to evolve into Amphibians and eventually into Reptiles, Dinosaurs, Birds, and Mammals — Niedzwiedzki et al, 2010).

«In fact, if sheep like Dolly and other mammals made by this [cloning] technique are continually shown to be perfectly healthy and not age prematurely, that would just prove that the whole link between the telomeres and ageing is an unreliable one and not worth worrying about.»

By the end of the Pleistocene, when the last great ice age ebbed, other human ancestors were gone, humans had settled the Americas and long - range weapons like spears and arrows were common — and the average mass of mammals had fallen from nearly 100 kg (220 pounds) to less than eight.

The sea in the game has treasures hidden in it with mammals like whale passing by your sail.

Ticks like motion, warm temperatures from body heat, and the carbon dioxide exhaled by mammals, which is why they are attracted to hosts such as dogs, cats and other mammals.

It is a severe and potentially fatal disease caused by parasitic worms that like to live in the heart and the arteries of the lungs of many types of mammals.

Mammals have faster rates of digestion than more primitive animals do thanks to small, finger - like projections called «microvilli» that increase the surface area of the intestines by about seven-fold.

«We were motivated by a basic question, How do periodic patterns like stripes and spots in mammals arise?

This system is similar to the way other large mammals like horses are controlled and led by humans.

In scores of communities across the U.S., conservationists and scientists like Dauphiné are calling for greater controls, pointing to study after study documenting bloody carnage — including hundreds of millions of birds and small mammals felled by feline claw and tooth.

Ticks like motion, warm temperatures from body heat, and the carbon dioxide exhaled by mammals, which is why they are attracted to such hosts as dogs, cats, rodents, rabbits, cattle, small mammals, etc..

It is a severe and potentially fatal disease caused by parasitic worms that like to live in the heart and lungs of many types of mammals.

It is important to understand that like all mammals, the first year of life is characterized by explosive growth and development.

They might look like adorable little balls of fur, but hamsters have the same functions as any other mammal; you might be amazed by how much waste one tiny animal can produce.

Small Mammal Socializers: Help small animals like rabbits and guinea pigs get adopted faster by keeping them clean and healthy.

A: If you would like to become a member before camp starts you may join online or stop by the Information Desk at The Marine Mammal Center.

Up to 30 percent of the entire population is alive today because of efforts like these by NOAA Fisheries and their partners, including The Marine Mammal Center.

The coastline is inhabited by marine mammals, like sea lions, elephant seals and fur seals.

I don't think «Edgelings» consciously choose to be this way - like every other mammal out there, they just want to get on with their business without being eaten by wolves.

Preferred habitat: Coastal woods, swamps, boggy streams + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: almost evergreen + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay, tolerates poor drainage + + + + Light conditions: dappled shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 20 feet + + + + Wildlife value: leaves favored by deer; berry - like seeds eaten by many bird species and small mammals; leaves are used in bird nest building

The White Moth All Over fabric by Timorous Beasties shows off the intricate pattern of moth wings, while the company's latest wallpaper release, Pangolin, features a scalloped design that imitates the scales of the anteater - like mammal using a watery, iridescent finish.