Sentences with phrase «for poison arrows»
Their findings showed that the bone projectile points are likely to have been used for poison arrows, partly due to the slender and short nature of the arrow heads, and partly supported by a previous discovery of charcoal from the Mkunazi plant, which is known to have poisonous fruit.
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Coss» paper grew out of a 2015 study in which he and a former graduate student reported that zebras living near human settlements could not be approached as closely before fleeing as wild horses when they saw a human approaching on foot — staying just outside the effective range of poisoned arrows used by African hunters for at least 24,000 years.
«The discovery of arrow poisons was a significant evolutionary step for humankind, yet we are facing the last opportunity to document arrow - poison use in southern African hunter - gatherer societies.»
For anyone who is a fan of amphibians (I am talking about frogs here) Corcovado is really a grand place to see the glass frog, poison - arrow frogs, and the rare red - eyed tree frog.
This can be used for combat or hunting animals and you can equip one of many different arrows such as fire, explosive, poison and even a multi-shot.
Poring over the invading forces» advantages and weaknesses helps with this as you can select fire arrows when your incoming invaders are weak against fire, or poison spouts on your walls for foes that aren't a fan of being poisoned, but it really has limited effect.
Contrary to statements made by Sea Shepherd during Bethune's pre-trial jailing in Japan that Bethune had not been authorized to carry a bow and arrow during the Antarctic campaign, Bethune says that the idea was to use to coat the arrows in some sort of poison, fire them into dead whales as they were being transferred for processing.
They each carry a wooden bow and a selection of hand - carved arrows: some with blunt tips to bring down birds without damaging meat, others with sharp steel points laced with poison for large game like zebras and kudus.
But I blame Baird Ellan and the NDP for putting a bullseye squarely on the back of the Canadian judiciary for the Tories to easily hit with a poisoned political arrow.