Sentences with phrase «in huge colonies»

Giant elephant seals haul out in huge colonies on beaches near Piedras Blancas Lighthouse, north of Cambria.

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apparently there is a huge colony of sea grass (Posidonia oceanica) in the mediterranean sea, near ibiza that could be up to 100,000 years old!

Its huge size trumps the dimensions of the sponge previously recognised as the largest — a colony of Aphrocallistes vastus with respective measurements of 3.4, 1.1 and 0.5 metres found in shallow waters off western Canada.

The insect also likes a party: In late winter or early spring, these bugs sometimes form huge colonies, as wide as a yard, with millions of individuals migrating together like a superorganism, devouring the algae that grow on wet, decomposing leaf litter in the melting snow, Schulz explainIn late winter or early spring, these bugs sometimes form huge colonies, as wide as a yard, with millions of individuals migrating together like a superorganism, devouring the algae that grow on wet, decomposing leaf litter in the melting snow, Schulz explainin the melting snow, Schulz explains.

In the vicinity of these vents, where temperatures hover at a cozy 30 degrees Celsius, thick mats of chemosynthetic bacteria convert vent chemicals into energy, and in turn support colonies of giant tube worms, huge beds of mussels and a variety of crustaceanIn the vicinity of these vents, where temperatures hover at a cozy 30 degrees Celsius, thick mats of chemosynthetic bacteria convert vent chemicals into energy, and in turn support colonies of giant tube worms, huge beds of mussels and a variety of crustaceanin turn support colonies of giant tube worms, huge beds of mussels and a variety of crustaceans.

A huge ground survey covering nearly 600 km of Gabon's coastline has uncovered the largest breeding colony of olive ridley turtles in the Atlantic.

They're a huge factor in colony collapse around the country.

A huge dust storm ripped through my main colony, destroying a field of solar panels in the process.

The Pilgrims, who suffered huge losses in their first year, would not have survived as a colony if they had not privatized agriculture.

In addition there was a huge feral cat colony behind the local discount store — and yes people fed all of them as well.

Trap / Neuter / Return has made a huge difference in the lives of our neighborhood's feral cats, and I feed four colonies every day.

In Fortescue, New Jersey, a colony of feral cats was moved away from the shore of Delaware Bay in 2011 to help protect red knots, which stop there in huge numbers to gorge on horseshoe - crab eggs to fuel their long migration from the tip of South America to the ArctiIn Fortescue, New Jersey, a colony of feral cats was moved away from the shore of Delaware Bay in 2011 to help protect red knots, which stop there in huge numbers to gorge on horseshoe - crab eggs to fuel their long migration from the tip of South America to the Arctiin 2011 to help protect red knots, which stop there in huge numbers to gorge on horseshoe - crab eggs to fuel their long migration from the tip of South America to the Arctiin huge numbers to gorge on horseshoe - crab eggs to fuel their long migration from the tip of South America to the Arctic.

As well as devoting huge amounts of energy to the care of cats they look after, many of the staff are hugely active in neutering and monitoring the welfare of feral colonies.

Receiving a supplement of food helps tremendously to offset huge food costs, particularly in this tough economy where more cats are showing up in our colonies.

They live in large colonies and we will see thousand kilogram males strutting and growling, standing off interlopers, all the while dominating their huge family.

Cuma Archaeological Park at Cuma, north west of Naples in the province of Bacoli, is a huge archaeological park the site of the first Greek colony on mainland Italy (Sicily is older) thought to be around 800-1200 BC.

In a series of Instagram photos and videos, Gaskell shared that he and his team took a freediving trip inside the hole where they found «huge Birdsnest Corals (Seriatopora) and super elongated Staghorn Corals (Acropora) both of which were among the biggest and most delicate colonies I've ever seen.»

Huge colonies of Menonites live in Belize!

Snorkel with the Cape fur seals in Robberg's marine protected area just off Robberg Nature Reserve, where a huge Cape fur seal colony now again lives (the seals were driven to the brink of extinction during the late 1800s and only began to re-colonise the site in the 1990s).

The deep walls (Hob Na, Punta Gavilan) in the north end of the park are ideal for deep technical dives, with the advantage that you can swim up from any depth (we've never seen the bottom) to 10 ft without ever leaving the reef; with 250ft tall walls filled with huge black coral colonies, and massive fluorescent - colored sponges that will change your take on what a dramatic wall looks like.

Gorgonians flourish in the shallows, and in deeper water one find huge colonies of fern - like black c...

We then make our way to Remarkable Rocks for a leisurely stroll amongst the huge weather - sculptured granite outcrops, visit Admirals Arch at Cape du Couedic to watch the resident colony of New Zealand fur seals frolic in the ocean or bask in the sun and then break for lunch at Rocky River Headquarters, with time to check out the Information Centre.

The DLC will include the return of Titanfall 1 map Colony, with narrow streets in the centre surrounded by huge Titan killing fields.

BACKGROUND: The centrepiece of Bowser Jr's Fearsome Fleet, this huge mech was used as a weapon by Bowser's armies to conquer various other empires and colonies in the outer space surrounding Mushroom World.

AIMS Scientist - in - charge in Western Australia Luke Smith said cyclone Fayâ $ ™ s powerful wind gusts uprooted many large coral colonies, and tore huge reef boulders up to five metres in diameter from the reefâ $ ™ s edge, and thrust them up the slope onto the reef flat.

An increase in ocean temperatures of just a few degrees can destroy huge areas of coral reefs through bleaching — a stress response that causes a coral to lose its colorful and protective colony of nutrient - gathering algae.