Sentences with phrase «carnivorous reptile»

If you own a large carnivorous reptile you probably don't need reminding that they can be dangerous.

Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears.

Then they compared the two endocasts with those for seven fossils of early cynodonts — carnivorous reptiles that are close relatives of the first mammals — as well as with endocasts for 27 other primitive mammals that lived between 65 million and 190 million years ago and with the brains of 270 living mammals.

(We were briefly chased by one of the carnivorous reptiles, which was certainly memorable.)

Not exact matches

Archaeopteryx remains the oldest known bird fossil, not only documenting the evolutionary transition from reptiles to birds, but also confirming that modern birds are the direct descendants of carnivorous dinosaurs.

The other dinosaur tracks include: a sauropod, or long - necked plant - eater; small theropods, crow - sized carnivorous dinosaurs closely related to the Velociraptor and Tyrannosaurus rex; and pterosaurs, a group of flying reptiles that included pterodactyls.

The 150 - million - year - old bones turned out to be a nearly complete skeleton of a nine - foot - long carnivorous marine reptile.

Nightlife during the Mesozoic era was full of activity and fraught with dangers, suggests a new study that found some dinosaurs and prehistoric reptiles were nocturnal, with carnivorous dinosaurs likely sneaking up on victims after dark.

FOOD AND WATER: Strive to match your reptile's natural food as much as possible: Leopard Geckos do not eat vegetables and plants; Tortoises are 98 % vegetarian but will benefit from the odd earthworm; Beardies start out being 90 % carnivorous but should end up being 80 % vegetarian.

The ethical dilemma comes home when we share our lives with pets who are by nature carnivorous, such as dogs, cats, ferrets, and reptiles.

For reptiles, it often means adding more variety to their meals, whether it's varying their veggies if your reptile is herbivorous (vegetable - eating), or adding different insects or other prey for reptiles that are omnivorous (vegetable and meat eating) and carnivorous (meat - eating).