Sentences with phrase «even arachnids»

There is, in fact, a schism between general herp fans, whose interest seems to encompass all the reptiles, including the shelled ones — as well as amphibians and even arachnids — and the subset of folks who simply melt for the turtles.

Outsiders find it hard to believe, but reptiles, amphibians and even arachnids can be cute, charming and occasionally downright hilarious.

Not exact matches

«Our limited understanding of the incredible jaws of these arachnids, together with terminology that is unstandardized and even contradictory, has hindered our ability to classify them and figure out where they fit in the arachnid tree of life because, much like the cranial anatomy of vertebrates, the jaws of solifuges contain most of the relevant information,» said Lorenzo Prendini, a curator in the Museum's Division of Invertebrate Zoology and an author on the paper.

The arachnids are known for their brilliant eyesight, and a new study shows they have even greater sensory prowess than we thought: Jumping spiders can hear sounds even though they don't have ears — or even eardrums.

Rod Crawford, curator of arachnids at the Burke Museum of the University of Washington, notes that a handful of human deaths have been attributed to the hobo spider but that even a physician's diagnosis is shaky evidence in the absence of the culprit.

I really like how we hear the arachnids talking to each other when Bilbo puts on the ring, even though they did all sound like Gollum.

The enemy hordes, too, are effectively creepy and aberrant, coming in sizes ranging from your run - of - the - mill, Middle Earth - style orcs (or wargar, as the game calls them) to gargantuan arachnid beasts and even dragons.

Over a series of a dozen or so evenings, my partner developed and shot half - hour shorts detailing setup and maintenance for geckos, chameleons, arachnids, tortoises, water turtles, colubrid snakes, boas and pythons, and amphibia.