Sentences with phrase «fed by debris»

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Plastic debris is pervasive in the waters that feed the Great Lakes, according to a new study published by the United States Geological Survey.

But a feeding black hole is surrounded by a whirling, white - hot disk of glowing debris — material heated to millions of degrees as it spirals down to oblivion.

These «debris disks» are constantly fed by collisions among rocky bodies — the larger of which can survive and grow by continued accretion — because the tiny dust grains quickly fall onto the central star or get blown out of the planetary system.

After these living cells feed off the nutrients delivered through the bloodstream, they produce metabolic debris that is then carried away by the lymphatic fluid, also known as lymph.

First described in 1842 by Gustav Simon, a French dermatologist, Demodex mites are normal skin inhabitants of many mammals, and > 140 species of Demodex have been identified (2 in humans, 3 in dogs).1 The mites live in hair follicles as well as the sebaceous glands and ducts and feed off of sebum, cells, and debris from the epidermis.2, 3 In dogs, the mites are passed from the bitch to her puppies through close contact while nursing.

They were once thought to consume host feces and organic debris, but this has been refuted by more recent feeding trials.

The larvae feed upon adult flea feces and organic debris for around seven days, before developing into pupae and continue to evolve into adult fleas that attach themselves to, and feed from, any host animal that comes by, your cat being an ideal candidate.

It turns out the five Great Lakes also have garbage patches of their own, fed by plastic debris from waste like discarded planting supplies.