Sentences with phrase «giant animals including»

Scientists have long argued about what caused the extinction of many species of megafauna — giant animals including mammoths, mastodons, and moas — beginning between 9000 and 13,000 years ago, when humans began to spread around the world.

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The recreation giant's theme parks are known for family - oriented attractions that include roller coasters, Ferris wheels, live shows, variable depth pools, water slides, animal shows, miniature golf courses and arcade games.

Some of the activities we saw include a corn maze, a cow train pulled by a tractor for little ones, the giant slides, jumping pillow, hayride, zipline, play barn, and farm animals.

«Animals living in these fragments include the jaguar (Panthera onca), giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), tapir (Tapirus terrestris) and white - lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari).

It was observed on virtually every continent, although a particularly large number of animals became extinct in North and South America, where species including sabre - toothed cats, mastodons, giant sloths and giant armadillos disappeared, and in Australia, which lost animals such as giant kangaroos, giant wombats and marsupial lions.

The site contains abundant fossils, diverse assemblages of Triassic animals including relatives of crocodylians, giant - headed amphibians and ancient relatives of modern mammals called cynodonts.

In North America, the Ice Age was marked by the mass extinction of several dozen genera of large mammals, including mammoths, mastodons, American horses, Western camels, two types of deer, ancient bison, giant beaver, giant bears, sabre - toothed cats, giant bears, American cheetahs, and many other animals, as well as plants.

Like many parts of the world during the most recent ice ages (the last of which ended about 12,000 years ago), Australia had its share of weird giant animals, including a supersized relative of the Komodo dragon, today's largest land lizard.

But the more recent geological history also included colossal animals such as the giant sloths, woolly rhinoceroses, and mammoths.

He is the author of numerous books, including Cooperation Among Animals: An Evolutionary Perspective (Oxford University Press, 1997), The Altruism Equation: Seven Scientists Search for the Origins of Goodness (Princeton University Press, 2006), and Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose (University of Chicago Press, 2009).

At least twenty - five plants and animals observed during the survey are new records for Penang or peninsular Malaysia, including the Sunda colugo or flying lemur, the red giant flying squirrel, the long - tailed giant rat, the Indomalayan niviventer, the lesser mouse deer, and species of ground squirrels, birds, bacteria, bats, ants, orchids, flies, frogs, mosquitoes, and microscopic water bears.

Including information about other viruses and virus - like elements: adenoviruses that infect animals and are one of the causes of the common cold; certain bacteriophages that infect bacteria; transpovirons which infect giant viruses; and a Tetrahymena transposable element (Tlr1), the virus «evolutionary tree» appears as a network of swapped genes.

This is much less of a problem with the addition of the new DLC tracks, which includes not just special crossover courses based on The Legend Of Zelda, Animal Crossing, F - Zero, and ExciteBike, but ones where you're driving around in a child's bedroom, a course set in a subway station, and driving along on the back of a giant Chinese dragon.

The Animals section provides a list of animal categories, including: African Savanna, Amazonia, Asia Trail, Asian Elephants, Backyard Biology, Birds, Giant Pandas, Great Apes, Great Cats, and more.

Previous winners of the annual Discover Awards include: Abby Geni for The Lightkeepers and Matthew Desmond for Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (both 2016); Mia Alvar for In the Country: Stories and Jill Leovy for Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America (both 2015); Cheryl Strayed for Wild (2012); David Sheff for Beautiful Boy (2008); Ben Fountain for Brief Encounters with Che Guevara (2006); Uzodinma Iweala for Beasts of No Nation (2005); Alison Smith for Name All the Animals (2004); Anthony Doerr for The Shell Collector; Elizabeth McCracken for The Giant's House (1996); and Chang - rae Lee for Native Speaker (1995).

This year there were 115 entries including marching bands, festive floats, giant balloons, animals, entertainers, special vehicles, and of course Santa Claus.

Dr. Hellert and her two dogs, «Martin» and «Abby», and cat «Sammy» (sometimes called Samitha if he is being bad) currently reside on her family's century farm just north of Dubuque surrounded by a menagerie of animals including llamas, horses, sheep, a giant rabbit named «Sir - Hops - A-Lot», cattle, and chickens.

Secured major victories for millions of farm animals by partnering with giant food chains and food services including Taco Bell, Unilever, Einstein Bros Bagels, Peet's Coffee and Caribou Coffee to improve animal welfare practices throughout their extensive supply chains.

Other animals in the collection include hornbill birds, giant flying squirrels, gibbons and the Asian bearcat.

From picnicking and bison - watching at Shelby Farms Park, to even more animals, including giant pandas, at Memphis Zoo.

Although these arthropods generally forage as individuals, dozens of animals can be found searching for food on the sand flats or coral formations after dark, including spectacular giant spider crabs.

South America is a perfect breeding ground for different animal species including three - toed sloths, giant otters and others.

Other iconic animals living here include the giant river otters that play, hunt, and eat as a social family group, the elusive jaguar prowling the forest for favored prey like tapir and capybara, and intimidating black caiman that reach a similar size as large crocodiles.

Some of the favorite animals of Galapagos tourists include the giant tortoises, marine iguanas, and the Galapagos penguins.

It is therefore possible to observe a variety of animals in their natural habitats, including: Giant Otters, Black Caiman, the majestic Jaguar, the strange Spectacled Bear, the Tapir, the Ocelot, 13 species of monkey, and an estimated one thousand species of bird.

Other animals in the park include Central American squirrel monkeys, mantled howler monkeys, both two - toed and three - toed sloths, agoutis, giant anteaters, great curassows, black hawks, spectacled owls, hummingbirds, 220 species of butterflies, golden orb spiders (who build huge webs), otters and raccoons.

You'll see a range of animals - including iguanas, penguins, blue - footed boobies, and giant tortoises - and become intimately acquainted with the ecosystems of the Galápagos.

Zombie Infection will have players rampaging through South America slaying zombies of all kinds (even zombie zoo animals) across 12 levels which come packed with everything you'd expect out of a Resident Evil - inspired game including a pair of characters to play as, giant bosses, and plenty of gore.

Enjoy cuisine from food trucks such as Green House and City Street Grille, live music, family activities including caricatures, balloon animals and giant chess matches at 2121 Flora Street (across from the Belo Mansion).

Among the wide array of works on display — including Louise Lawler's self - reflexive «tracings» of her own photographic works superimposed on the gallery walls, recontextualising them with the physical and cultural environment, to Hans Haacke's, «A Breed Apart», 1978; an amusing and unflinching attack on capitalism and political power, exposing systems of influence with the artist's assault on British Leyland for their seeming assistance with Apartheid — are the giant cut - out animals of Katja Novitskova's «Approximations Series».

This emphasis on the space between is just one point of entry to an exhibition that includes drawings on Pop - Tarts, stuffed animals entombed in peanut butter and giant erasers.

From slick avatars and popular icons to images rooted in mythology and animal instincts, the installation features works by over 25 artists including Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Jean - Michel Basquiat, Ellen Gallagher, Leon Golub, Jenny Holzer, Damien Hirst, Takashi Murakami, and Andy Warhol plus Thomas Houseago's Giant Figure (Cyclops), 2011, which is making its U.S. debut.

The tech giant announced on Friday that next week's iOS update will include more expressive smiley faces, gender - neutral options, mythical creatures, clothing, food and animals.

Giant farm animal wall stickers including pigs, little chicks, calves, a cockeral, a foal and even a wolf.