Sentences with phrase «guppies as»

Children squeeze the trigger to open his mouth, then try to gobble up all the little guppies as they float on the water's surface as fast as they can.

Not exact matches

But intelligence does matter to the tropical fish, as big - brained guppies outwit predators to live longer than slower witted peers.

«AS CLEVER as a guppy» is not a huge complimenAS CLEVER as a guppy» is not a huge complimenas a guppy» is not a huge compliment.

To test this, the team studied the strategy of the nocturnal European catfish as it stalked swimming guppies in a test aquarium illuminated only by infrared light, in which catfish can not see.

Live birth also occurs in some non-mammalian species, such as guppies and hammerhead sharks; thus it is not a distinguishing characteristic of mammals.

For decades, the little guppy Poecilia reticulata has been championed as a mosquito fighter and dumped into ponds and ditches to eat up the insect's larvae.

As for ecological risks, guppies in isolated containers may be less likely to spread than those dumped into urban sewers and ditches.

The view nowadays is that ornaments such as the peacock's stunning train, the splendid plumes of birds of paradise, bowerbirds» love nests, deer antlers, fins on guppies and just about everything to do with the mandarin goby are indications of male quality.

Unlike the majority of fish in which females lay eggs that are later fertilized by males, live - bearers — which include species such as mollies, platies, guppies, swordtails and mosquitofish — have internal fertilization.

After graduation, I worked as a technician studying speciation in wild tomatoes and rapid adaptation in Trinidadian guppies before starting graduate school at the University of Toronto.

Two newborn guppies from Trinidad's Aripo river show clear differences in the maturity of their skeletons: The guppy from upstream (top), which spent longer in gestation, has more mature bone development as indicated by darker staining than the guppy from downstream, which was born earlier in maturity.

I braved opening day with a toddler (and an ipad with loaded with Bubble Guppies) to try on as many of my favs that I could find in store for ya!

by Bill Chambers Appealing newcomer Nick Cannon stars in Drumline as Devon, a Harlem high - school graduate making the transition from a big fish in a small pond to a guppy in the ocean that is Atlanta A&T.

Random House Childern's Books and Nickelodeon have officially partnered up to launch new books based on popular properties such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, Team Umizoomi, and Bubble Guppies.

As a kid, I had guppies and puppies, maybe even at the same time.

In the old days, when tropical freshwater fish were king, there were hobby breeders around who made a decent income working with such fish as angels, rams, guppies and bettas.

Those retailers who carry fish will already be familiar with the necessity for various sizes and species, and they probably carry feeder goldfish in a variety of sizes as well as smaller prey fish like guppies, minnows, etc..

Turtles also can be prompted to exercise by feeding them live fish, such as goldfish and guppies, which they have to catch to consume.

Mike Albo, the freelancer who mused about feeling like a «guppy who is being eaten by his mother» after being outed as a taker of press trips, has fictionalized his experience and put it up for sale as a Kindle Single.

Players must manage a tank of guppies and other aquatic creatures, each stage begins with two guppies in the tank or one breeder which creates guppies.Guppies and other fish drop money, which can be collected by the player and used to purchase fish food and upgrades, such as more aquatic creatures, more filling food, and powerful lasers to repel attackers.Each creature must be kept alive by feeding, whether through fish food bought by the player or other species of fish in the tank.

But, as we stood on the shore at Hawks Nest, near where she used to live, I pointed out landmarks from tales I'd told the kids about my childhood — there's the sandbank where Aunty Kathryn cut her foot... here's where we caught guppies in buckets... those little balls of sand are made by the crabs digging... Nana Peg would wake us at 6 am to swim in the king tides, the water would go right up to those boats resting on the grass... my great - grandmother lived on a houseboat that was beached just over there...»