Sentences with phrase «known as feather»

Also known as feather destructive behavior or feather damaging behavior (FDB), it seems t...

Feather - plucking, also known as feather - picking, is when a bird damages or removes its feathers.

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Nobody knows for certain what happens when we die, but considering how many gods and afterlives have been proposed in the history of humanity, the chance of the christian god being there to greet us when we die is pretty much the same as finding Anubis greeting us with Ma'at's feather.

Since its 1861 discovery in Bavaria, just a few years after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, most scientists have placed Archaeopteryx at the root of the broad group of proto - birds, known as Avialae, from which our avian feathered friends emerged.

Contact dermatitis is know as a skin reaction after touching an irritant like detergents, down feathers, cosmetics, soaps etc..

Sal's pair is a garish display of forest - and mint - green and orange, titled the Nike Vainqueur; Frankie's is a pair of yellow Tiger Spartans or a feather - light white and pale - blue creation known as the Nike Zoom Tasman.

Totally agree that it was an bold move by AW because as usual I was spitting feathers regarding the changes but what do I know.

Thursday's bust of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is the pinnacle of a growing series of convictions of shady pols, and is another feather in the cap for the prosecutor who is quickly becoming known as one of the country's top lawmen.

Basile, who's ruffled some feathers during his tenure as ED (and before), is known for his deep loyalty to Cox - which is why his potential departure from his job raised eyebrows among several Republican insiders about what it means for the future of the state committee.

Their structure suggests that the two finest tiers of branching in modern feathers, known as barbs and barbules, arose before a rachis formed.

T. rex was not known to be feathered, but as an adult grew to reach lengths exceeding 12 meters and weights above 6.5 metric tons.

The Daohugou Biota makes an immense contribution to our understanding of vertebrate evolution during this period, with such notable creatures as the oldest known gliding mammal, another early mammal that may have swum with a beaver - like tail, the oldest dinosaurs preserved with feathers, and a pterosaur that represents an important transitional form between two major groups.

At Copan, to the south, for example, fifth - century mourners dressed their dead queen in burial garments shimmering with precious greenstone beads, shell ornaments and feathered bird heads, and they laid her to rest on a massive carved funerary slab in what is known today as the Margarita Tomb.

The fossils discussed in the paper are of dinosaurs of the species Ornithomimus edmontonicus, which means they looked something like modern ostriches, and are theropods — bipedal and carnivorous — as are most of the feathered dinosaurs already known to science.

Like all modern paleontologists, Therrien was acquainted with the spectacular feathered - dinosaur fossils of the Liaoning beds in China, where the idea that dinosaurs are the ancestors of birds got its biggest boost, thanks to the preservation of feathers — both the thread - like ones known as «dinofuzz» and the more familiar shafted kind — in the silky mud of an ancient lake bottom.

For a century and a half, the 150 - million - year - old feathered creature called Archaeopteryx has reigned as the earliest known bird and as a symbol of the link between ancient dinosaurs and living fowl.

«We know that large feathers appeared even earlier in the lineage leading to birds, as did brightly colored plumage.

«Previously, the only mechanical work on feathers was done in the 1970s but under the assumption that the material properties of feathers are the same when tested in different directions, known as isotropic — our work has now invalidated this.»

The case began after plaintiffs Michael Russell, who is not an American Indian, and Robert Soto, a pastor at the McAllen church who said he was part of an unrecognized tribe, had their eagle feathers confiscated at a 2006 ceremony known as a powwow.

We knew that some of the plant - eating ornithischian dinosaurs had simple bristles, and we couldn't be sure whether these were the same kinds of structures as bird and theropod feathers.

For example, the researchers showed that a gene known as Sim1, which contains an ASHCE, may be associated with the evolution of flight feathers.

This image shows a body feather, also known as a contour feather, from an African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) kept at the International Centre for Birds of Prey in Gloucestershire, UK.

Such structures are also found in nature (for example, in green - winged teal feathers and in some butterfly wings) and are known as photonic crystals.

The collection features such memorable creatures as the oldest known gliding mammal, another early mammal that may have swum with a beaver - like tail, the oldest dinosaurs preserved with feathers and a pterosaur that represents an important transitional form among these now extinct, warm - blooded flying reptiles.

But if it was able to make your stomach grow the size of a football, we'd have known by now, as such important reports would really ruffle some feathers in the medical community.

Not even birds are safe for the dander - sensitive, because they produce feather dust, known as bird dander.

Internet forums are full of people who swear by irrigating their insides with the practice variously known as «colon cleansing», «colon hydrotherapy» and simply «colonics», with feeling feather light, dropping a couple of kilos and being more regular among reported perks.

Ben: Well, what they've found was that compared to running marathons when you run a 5K, you actually achieve greater benefits for just about every reason that you would want to run aside from adding 26 point to miles, you know, as a feather in your cap.

I know you don't like to talk about the products you use so people don't mistake it as a plug, but I am tempted to ask as it would really help me avoid the low - quality (crushed bird - feathers) stuff.

Thank you I did thank you was brilliant and I know the feather detailing really is pretty ahh I really want a religion maxi dress tbh any dress as they look incredible!

Previously known as a place to find steel workers, farmers, and the occasional Auckland commuter, Waiuku can now add another feather to its cap: it's home to New Zealand's funniest singles.

«And for me, you know, having done a few serious roles that year, you know, to be able to embrace the feather duster Plumette and to also be able to really not be limited by you own face and your own body that you can really, as I say, just play, was so joyful.»

Then again, as Training Day showed, there is always a fascination in watching a callow novice get seduced by a charismatic scoundrel, especially one who knows how to manipulate the law to feather his own nest.

Forrest is no more «simple» than Lester (stupid is as stupid does, as Gump is fond of saying)-- indeed, he embodies the choice to abhor intellectualism, intention, and free will for no noble purpose of rebellion, but rather to nurse quietly on the vast unknowable «benevolent design» of a current pushing around plastic bags and feathers.

«The actors, who were primarily from the Navajo nation, left the set after the satirical western's script repeatedly insulted native women and elders and grossly misrepresented Apache culture... (including) Native women's names such as Beaver's Breath and No Bra, (and) an actress portraying an Apache woman squatting and urinating while smoking a peace pipe, and feathers inappropriately positioned on a teepee.»

No, not over whether those raptors should actually have feathers (as B.D. Wong's Dr. Henry Wu explains, these dinosaurs were genetically engineered to be terrifying not scientifically accurate).

In Hooray Henry, Paul Darke charts the car's difficult gestation and eventual success / David Burgess-Wise shares his personal highlights from the annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run and the Regent Street Motor Show / In The Little Corsican, Tom Clarke tells the story of Corsica, the enigmatic coachbuilder which produced some of the most exotic British bodywork of the 1930s, clothing chassis from Bentley, Bugatti, Mercedes and others / A disused locomotive works with no road access seems an unlikely location for a car factory but, as Giles Chapman explains in The Brighton Bubble, that's where thousands of Isettas were assembled in the 1950s and»60s / Matthew Bell visits the Frazer Nash Archives, the largest collection of documentation relating to the marque in his article Archie and Aldy's Archives / In Birds of a Feather, the little - known makes Victor, Metro - Tyler and Economic all operated from the same village in Kent during the cyclecar boom.

Sir Edward Feathers — a judge known as «Old Filth,» thanks to the well - known midcentury acronym for «Failed in London, try Hong Kong» — looks back on a privileged and eventful life in Gardam's award - winning 12th novel.

It's extremely important to know what can not be fed to birds, as some of our favorite things can be poisonous to our feathered pets.

By trimming the bird's primary feathers, known as «flight feathers,» they can not take flight.

Steve Dale, author of the syndicated «My Pet World» column, is widely known as the «Ann Landers of the pet world,» offering animal lovers of all kinds the latest news and information on their furry, feathered and scaled companions.

Dr. Bricker loves your feathered, scaly, slimy, or furry family members as much as you do, and has made it a priority to know what they need and provide the resources available to help them.

Also known as the «Queen of Bavaria Conure», the eye - catching Golden Conure has bright yellow feathers all over its body with the exception of the very tips of its flight feathers, which offer contrast in a lovely dark green.

These behavioral problems can be as simple as pacing in a cage (also known as «fence walking syndrome») or as complicated and serious as psychogenic feather picking.

Although February 20th has been marked as a date to show appreciation for our pals with fur, fins or feathers, all pets parents know that every day is National Love Your Pet Day.

As followers of Jackson Galaxy know, you only want to use a laser with something like a feather wand or other «prey» toy so your cat can actually catch something and end the game.

This is the only spaniel breed in which the feathering on the feet is known as «Bedroom Slippers».

Though it seems nice to have the bird in the company of other feathered friends, such as in a pet store or aviary, if the health status of the other birds present isn't known, you may be exposing your pet to life - threatening infections if you board him there.

USPOULTRY is known as the All - Feather Association.

Quetzalcoatl was known as a deity that appeared as a feathered serpent.