An index called the longevity quotient indicates whether a species has an average life span or is unusually long - lived or short - lived
for an animal of its size.
Its heart is two - and - a-half times as big as zoologists would expect
for an animal of its size.
Tasha was used for breeding other big cats for most of her life, living in a small garage utterly unfit
for an animal of her size and strength.
Our veterinary clinic provides a full range of services
for animals of all sizes, including horses, cows, dogs and cats.
The University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine offers clinical trials
for animals of all sizes, ranging from dogs and cats to horses and cows, to find or develop future treatments, therapies, and diagnostic tools that are both safe and effective.
This is a very high water intake
for an animal of this size.
Not exact matches
The country also is estimated to have the highest sheer number and diversity
of plants and
animals for its
size, meaning it's the most dense country
for biodiversity in the world.
The
size of this kennel
for animals is XL -38 x 29 x 30 inches.
The
animal was expected to break the world record
for the
size of a bunny.
No Stone Age family could possible manage the «life - support» needs, (
for weeks - to - months)
of «ALL - THE -
ANIMALS -, TWO - BY - TWO», (as biblically - postulated), on a wooden ship less than 3/4's the
size of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Intrepid, (centerpiece, N.Y.C.'s Intrepid museum)!
According to the charity, People
for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals (PETA), ducks and geese can be force - fed grain and fat up to three times a day, causing their liver to swell up to ten times it's regular
sizes.
Would a boat
of this
size be adequate to hold a family, their livestock, a collection
of local wild
animals, and all the food and water the group would need to survive
for a long time?
The organization sets
size standards
for Hereford breed cattle, ensuring the meat has a uniform thickness and marbling regardless
of when the
animals are harvested.
In fact, the pasture
size for each
animal is one animal per 2.67 acres and the use of added hormones is stricly prohibited, putting the farm in line with the Global Animal Partnership 5 - step animal welfare rating stan
animal is one
animal per 2.67 acres and the use of added hormones is stricly prohibited, putting the farm in line with the Global Animal Partnership 5 - step animal welfare rating stan
animal per 2.67 acres and the use
of added hormones is stricly prohibited, putting the farm in line with the Global
Animal Partnership 5 - step animal welfare rating stan
Animal Partnership 5 - step
animal welfare rating stan
animal welfare rating standards.
With sustainable, plant - based ingredients and unique, advanced facilities, the Science People at Roquette develop solutions
for companies
of any
size, enabling business partners to excel in their respective product categories: human nutrition,
animal nutrition, pharma, and biochemical.
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While some may balk at the idea
of getting into bed with a corporate partner
of such
size, and one whose fortunes depend on people eating meat, Memphis Meats explained that the move would «help us advance clean meat and achieve our ultimate vision: a world that is better
for humans,
animals and the planet.»
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Don't be alarmed by
Animal Kingdom «s
size — most
of the over 500 acres is
for all the
animals» habitats.
Babies love to imitate, soft - bodied dolls and stuffed
animals are a perfect
size and made
of nice soft textures
for younger children as they learn to hug and feed their own babies.
The
size of animals is just right
for the baby's hands to cuddle and grasp.
Be sure to save lots
of time
for the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, one
of the nation's top 10 zoos
for kids, thanks to its smaller
size and the ability to get closer to the
animals.
Make sure and take as many pictures as possible - take pictures
of the baby, the baby's hands and feet, the baby with family members, and the baby with stuffed
animals for size comparison.
Mr. de Blasio argued everyone ought to be happy with his vision
for wrangling the horses into Central Park, culling the herd
of animals to less than half its current
size, spending $ 25 million to convert a maintenance shed into a new stable and restricting pedicabs to the area
of the park above 85th Street to reduce competition.
This week in Nature Communications, an interdisciplinary team
of scientists proposes a more nuanced model
for extinction that also shows why
animal species tend to evolve toward larger body
sizes.
«Previous studies looked
for turbulence or eddies on the scale
of the
animals»
size,» he says, instead
of large downward jets.
Page and his colleagues, who use
animal models to understand how autism risk factors impact the developing brain and to identify potential treatments
for the condition, have found that
animals with mutations in the autism risk gene phosphatase and tensin homolog (Pten) mimic aspects
of autism, including increased brain
size, social deficits and increased repetitive behavior.
For most
of mammalian evolutionary history, an
animal's
size was not predictive
of its extinction risk.
Arnold Kriegstein, a neuroscientist at the University
of California, San Francisco, also argues that though the scientists found inhibitory interneurons strikingly depleted in the brains
of the oxygen - deprived piglets, this alone can not account
for the dramatic shrinking
of the
animals» overall brain
size and the diminished number
of cortical folds «The interneurons are part
of the story but not the entire story
of how the brain is affected by this kind
of [lack
of oxygen].»
BPTES has been used in
animal models
for a variety
of cancers but has not substantially reduced tumor
sizes, probably because the drug concentration in tumor tissue is not high enough when using conventional drug formulation methods, say the scientists.
For most
animals, the team found the expected numbers
of neurons, given a certain brain
size.
Those drawings became the basis
for an anatomically accurate, life -
sized sculpture
of the
animal made
of clay, Styrofoam, and wire mesh.
«It is ideal to house monkeys together
for their social welfare, but we also need to consider the fertility
of these
animals, which is typically high, and be able to make responsible decisions on population
size» explains Angela Colagross - Schouten, lead veterinarian on the project.
Their jaws, or chelicerae, are the largest
for body
size among the group
of animals that possess these specialized mouthparts — including horseshoe crabs, sea spiders, and arachnids — and bear most
of the structures used
for their classification.
«Despite the relatively low sample
size of frozen products in our study, it is clear that commercial RMBDs may be contaminated with a variety
of zoonotic bacterial and parasitic pathogens that may be a possible source
of bacterial infections in pet
animals and if transmitted pose a risk
for human beings,» say the researchers.
The small numbers and large
sizes of brain cells in sea slugs make the
animals ideal
for brain research.
The pet market boasted many
of the same
animals (if slightly smaller in
size) as the markets
for live food that I have seen.
There are even a few islands — those that contain genes involved in behavior and
size, key traits
for domesticated
animals — that are in the genomes
of both European and Asian pigs, Larson reports.
Second, combining the idea that large
animals are disproportionately important
for the spread
of nutrients with the natural rule that
animal size increases over time, means the planet may have a Gaia - like mechanism
of increasing fertility over time.
For example, the ratio
of the engine to aircraft
size is analogous to the ratio
of a large
animal's total body
size to its heart, lungs and muscles.»
When they examined the canal structures
of more than 200 mammal species, the research team found that fast, agile movers — like gibbons and leaping tarsiers — have exceptionally large canals
for their
size, while slow, deliberate
animals like sloths have small ones.
«We've known
for some time that the population
sizes of these
animals fluctuated throughout the last ice age,» said evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro
of the University
of California Santa Cruz, who was also a part
of this study.
But, relative to body
size, primates have much larger brains than any other
animals, and we humans, not surprisingly, have the biggest brains
of all — about six times larger than you would expect
for a mammal
of our
size.
Prehistorians say the find is exceptional not just because
of the number and variety
of animal images, but
for the sheer
size of its four main halls and smaller interconnecting galleries, and the care the cavers took to leave the floor undisturbed.
The basic design
of the apparatus was the same
for each species, although it was adjusted
for the
size of the
animals and the shape
of their hands.
Zoo veterinarians have been attempting, with varying degrees
of success, to castrate the 2 - ton
animals for more than 90 years, in hopes
of controlling the
size of captive populations and reducing the number
of fights between the males
of this aggressive species.
Now, they may have an answer: After analyzing recordings
of the elk bugling calls, researchers discovered that they actually comprise two parts — the high - pitched shrieking that can reach frequencies above 2000 hertz (heard in the video above) and a simultaneous, lower - pitched call around 145 hertz, a more typical frequency
for an elk -
sized animal.
Recently, Paul Sherman, an
animal behaviorist at Cornell, and Timothy Judd, a graduate student at Colorado State University, have observed another hive - like trait among the pink, gerbil -
size animals: some
of them behave — at least in laboratory colonies — like selfless worker bees, providing food
for the rest
of a sometimes indolent colony.
Named Rudapithecus (the discovery was made near the village
of Rudabánya, and pithecus is from the Greek
for «ape»), the
animal had a body and brain about the same
size as those
of a modern chimpanzee.
Even during the scale down, the fleet
size dropped down to 83 because
of the
animals» long life spans — typically the late 20s
for the sea lions and upward
of 30 years
for the dolphins.