Sentences with phrase «giraffe by»

There was a giraffe by the coat stand; a lion behind the bar; elephant footstools.

If you choose the giraffe by Vulli, it is probably a good idea to keep a keen eye on things in the event the animal is stuffed down far enough to choke the baby.

Not exact matches

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature reported that in 1985 there were 151,000 - 163,000 giraffes but by 2015 that number had dropped down to 97,562.

At any moment in the story, a paladin might find himself confronted by a giant Saracen astride a galloping giraffe, or trapped in an enchanted castle oblivious of his own name, or beset by an army of demons, or challenged by an ogre, or lost in a fairy otherworld full of the most exquisite enchantments, or at the mercy of a sorcerer.

They then had to deal with the possibility of being attacked by carnivores, and they came to deal with this threat by running away rather than by standing on their hind legs and trying to fight off the attack with their front feet, as giraffes do, for instance.

These ranged from Trump's sons, The Donald Jr. and Eric - photographed in 2012 sawing off the tails of elephants, hanging 13 - foot crocodiles by a noose off from branches, and clinging gleefully to the carcass of a slumped leopard, to Wells Tower's searing 2014 GQ account of an elephant hunt, to more recent viral outrages, such as the woman who posed with the giraffe she shot and called it a «very dangerous animal» and Walter Palmer, the dentist recently vilified for killing Cecil, a beloved Zimbabwe lion.

Crawford, who once raced a giraffe and a zebra on television (beat the giraffe, lost to the zebra), had won the 200 - meter gold on a surreal Thursday night, when the start of his race was delayed four minutes by Greek fans chanting the name of Konstantinos Kenteris, the 2000 Olympic champion and national hero who withdrew from the Games after missing a drug test, and Hel - las!

Children came into the hall class by class, to hear a story read by a professional storyteller, who did a warm up session followed by Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae.

The cute brown giraffe nap blanket by Angel Dear is ultra-soft and ultra-portable.

This bright and cheery activity center features a quilt with a silky border and colorful arches supported by an adorable giraffe.

Try one of these: — Greedy Steve by Lisa McNeill — Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae (one of our favorites!)

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The cute pink giraffe napping blanket by Angel Dear is ultra-soft and ultra-portable.

The best part is the toddler may improve his hand - eye co-ordination by playing a patty - cake hand clapping game with his much adored pet giraffe.

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By the end of the book Giraffes Can't Dance, everyone realizes that Gerald the Giraffe is an amazing dancer!

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Trademarked by the hanging stuffed animal (giraffes, monkeys, and penguins, oh my!)

This beautiful present was gifted by my brother with tons of stuff in it, ranging from baby clothes to swaddling blankets, a super cool Mustachifier pacifier (can't wait to take pics with this one), stuffed giraffe toy, hooded towels, socks, mitts, hats, and multi-use wash cloths.

The soft material protects the surfaces it clamps to, which any fabric cover would do, but by using a giraffe motif, it is so much more fun.

One mother was sold on Sophie's charms by an enthusiastic clerk at a Bay Area baby store; another reported that the giraffes were omnipresent in her «bumps and babes» group in Abu Dhabi.

Besides its prodigious span, the giraffe tongue is also marked by its distinct bluish - black color.

As a kid, I was fascinated by zebras and giraffes and leopards.

A new giraffid species from Spain may extend the range and timespan of the ancestors of giraffes, according to a study published November 1, 2017 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by María Ríos from the National Museum of Natural History, Spain, and colleagues.

She notes that in Africa, the longstanding Western legend of an «African unicorn» was explained in the early 20th century by British researchers, who found and described the flesh - and - blood okapi, a giraffe relative that looks like a mix between that animal and a zebra and a horse.

[Zoe Muller, Population structure of giraffes is affected by management in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya, in PLOS One]

Given how mobile giraffes are, one would expect a lot of interbreeding, so the researchers were surprised by how different the DNA could be — some genetic differences greater than those between a grizzly and a polar bear, which are separate species.

«The giraffe's stature, dominated by its long neck and legs and an overall height that can reach 19 feet (~ 6 m), is an extraordinary feat of evolution that has inspired awe and wonder for at least 8,000 years — as far back as the famous rock carvings at Dabous in the Republic of Niger,» said Douglas Cavener of Penn State University, who led the research team with Morris Agaba of the Nelson Mandela African Institute for Science and Technology in Tanzania.

Their research team currently is testing the potential effect of the unique differences of the giraffe's FGFRL1 gene by introducing these changes into mice using the new CRISPR gene - editing methods.

At this rate of decline, the number of giraffes in the wild will fall below 10,000 by the end of this century.

They tested four hypotheses that might explain the maintenance of these three distinct giraffe species: isolation - by - distance, physical barriers to dispersal, general habitat differences resulting in habitat segregation, or regional differences in the seasonal timing of rainfall.

In the new study, Janke and his research group examined the DNA evidence taken from skin biopsies of 190 giraffes collected by Fennessy and team all across Africa, including regions of civil unrest.

According to estimates by the World Conservation Organization IUCN, the world's giraffe population is about 100,000 individuals — showing a decreasing trend.

Get your science news, edited by Robin Lloyd, at www.ScientificAmerican.com, where you can check out the video I shot at the Bronx Zoo of a giraffe undergoing operant conditioning.

«That the bone represents the height of exotic food is underscored by the fact that this is thought to be the only giraffe bone ever recorded from an archaeological excavation in Roman Italy,» says Ellis.

«But, in this case, [the giraffe] was clearly disturbed by a husbandry procedure being carried out on its calf in a separate but visible enclosure.»

Male giraffes fight for females by «necking».

(Cave paintings of crocodiles and giraffes left by prehistoric humans attest to the once savannalike climate.)

But some pairs of species appear to be «aggregated,» meaning they tend to appear together in nature more often than one would expect by chance — like cheetahs and giraffes who both depend on savannah habitats.

WINNERS 2013 First place The Prize: 60 min remote observations with the 2m RCC Telescope by National astronomical obervatory «Rozhen», Bulgaria Project: PULSATIONS IN THE GIRAFFE Authors:: Le Luec Antoine, Buchet Samuel and Gautreau Dylan FRANCE

Angola and South African Giraffes can be uniquely identified by their maternal gene profile For the study, the researchers created a profile of the subspecies» mitochondrial DNA, using tissue samples from about 160 giraffes from various populations across the entire African coGiraffes can be uniquely identified by their maternal gene profile For the study, the researchers created a profile of the subspecies» mitochondrial DNA, using tissue samples from about 160 giraffes from various populations across the entire African cogiraffes from various populations across the entire African continent.

New insights enable improved protection measures for the giraffe According to estimates by the World Conservation Organization IUCN, the world's giraffe population is about 100,000 individuals — showing a decreasing trend.

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• Go Wild - Escape the urban jungle by venturing to the Nashville Zoo for a zany day filled with kangaroos, giraffes, red pandas, river stingrays, and Caribbean flamingos.

He's stopped taking his medication and has recently made the news because a giraffe he adopted was accidentally decapitated by a highway overpass.

Madagascar starts off in setting in New York's Central Park Zoo, where the main attractions are Alex the lion (voiced by Ben Stiller, Meet the Fockers), Marty the zebra (Chris Rock, Head of State), Melman the giraffe (David Schwimmer, Six Days Seven Nights), Gloria the hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith, Collateral), a couple of chimps, and a crew of rascally penguins.

In less than 30 years, the number of giraffes have drastically decreased by almost 40 percent.

For example, by the roll of the die, a student might end up with an alligator with blue fur or a giraffe with pink polka dots!

Endorsed by governing veterinary behavior organizations, these are the same methods used in modern zoos to build relationships and train multiple species such as giraffes, dolphins, hippos, and parrots.