Sentences with phrase «large aquatic»

In explicit, there is a barely longer model of the scene that includes the large aquatic Mosasaurus about to snack on some...

The park, which encompasses roughly 378 square miles, hosts large numbers of rare fauna, including large aquatic birds, Sri Lankan elephants, leopards and sloth bears.

Those stores do well to feature a large selection of ponds and pond supplies, as well as large aquatic tanks.

Unfortunately, that is one of the better moments in this 1985 movie starring Paul Hogan as the irrepressible Australian crocodile hunter who gains notoriety after supposedly being attacked by one of the large aquatic reptiles.

Strangest of all were genetic signatures resembling parasites or symbiotic partners of large aquatic organisms: a rainbow trout intestinal bacterium, a sponge symbiont, a lobster gut bacterium.17

There are dozens of water parks in northeastern Illinois, ranging from smaller outdoor park district facilities to large aquatic attractions in Arlington Heights, Rockford, Gurnee and elsewhere, according to the World Waterpark Association, a trade group based in Overland Park, Kan..

(This is a drawing I did of a woman being rescued by a pair of Northern Loons, a large aquatic bird that can dive to incredible depths.)

With a larger aquatic facility, Isaac said the park district would have the ability to run several programs, such as kayak lessons, triathlon training and Aqua Zumba, at the same time as swim team practices or swim lessons, to generate a profit faster.

If you are an aquatics store or a full - line business with a large aquatics department, it is extremely important to concentrate on certain features when it comes to livestock.

What advice would you give others looking to carry livestock, particularly a large aquatics section?

Finally, the company's Equipment line is a combination of filtration and decoration that includes a more powerful ReptoFilter for larger aquatic terrariums.

Registered attendees of the World Reef Conference will be able to visit Backer's larger aquatics hall as guests on Sunday.

Mission Bay Park, the West Coast's largest aquatic park, covers more than 4,000 acres and offers a wide range of recreational activities.

Glide along the calm waters, bask in the sunshine, and soak up the beach lifestyle as you explore the largest aquatic park in the United States with our expert tour guides.

Not exact matches

To encourage more permanent residents, the town recently spent about $ 170 million to build the country's largest recreation centre, complete with an aquatics park.

A large sculpture and an art wall with a coral design continue the aquatic theme, while undulating metal canopies on the dining room ceiling mimic ocean waves.

A family aquatic center featuring two large water slides, two tot slides, a children's sand play area, sand volleyball courts and a zero depth beach.

That could turn a waterway into what one expert calls a «dead sea,» destroying aquatic life over potentially large areas.

Last year, the capital improvement budget totaled more than $ 10 million on such projects as construction of an aquatic park, expansion of a health club and gymnasium and renovations at Camera Park, the village's largest park.

The issue of a «Family Aquatic Center «at Newton Park in Glen Ellyn drew large crowds in the spring, as local residents voiced strong opinions on both sides of the matter.

The state - of - the - art facility which includes a fitness center, indoor aquatic center, gymnasiums, large & small group fitness studios, indoor walking track, locker rooms, and multi-purpose and meeting rooms.

Located in the Aquatics Center building this small free museum is perfect for little ones who like to see animals, but don't have the stamina for a long drive or a day at a large museum.

Mudpuppies have the largest distribution of any fully aquatic salamander, but their populations in the Great Lakes region have declined.

But aquatic mammals and reptiles that have long, slim snouts are relatively ill equipped to tackle large prey, and instead predominantly dine on small fish.

Smaller ancestors like dog relatives increased in size more than larger ancestors like hippos to reach that optimal weight, suggesting that bigger is better for aquatic life, but only up to a point.

Instead, the group found that aquatic mammal size is bounded at the small end by the need to retain heat and at the large end by difficulties getting enough food to survive.

But, as scientists report in ACS» journal Environmental Science & Technology, «fracking» operations could have impacts on water quantity because they are withdrawing these large amounts of water from nearby streams, which house aquatic ecosystems and are used by people for drinking and recreation.

The largest truly aquatic frog, the Titicaca water frog is found only in Lake Titicaca in South America.

Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully - aquatic marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows.

As larger animals eat smaller animals, it biomagnifies through the aquatic food chain to harmful levels.

«Dolphins evolved from relatively small - brained animals like cows and hippos into this large - brained, highly specialized aquatic organism,» says Caro - Beth Stewart, an evolutionary biologist at the State University of New York, Albany, who was not involved in the research.

Loss of large bodied terrestrial and aquatic fauna may have had a huge impact on systems and suggests many trophic cascades that formerly arose fromtop predators have vanished.

«After aquatic plants were mowed in the basins, we saw a large increase in the number of Culex pipiens mosquito larvae in the basins, which had relatively few before mowing,» Mackay said.

They also see NSF's decision as part of a larger pattern of systemic neglect of NEON's aquatic components.

The radars recorded medium - sized insects (hoverflies, ladybird beetles, and water boatmen) and large ones (hawk moths, painted lady butterflies, and aquatic beetles) flying between 150 meters and 1200 meters high; balloon sampling flights helped provide estimated counts for smaller insects.

«The fact that this natural contamination of arsenic occurs in the densely - populated Indus Valley means that an astonishingly large number of people are potentially affected,» said first author Joel Podgorski, a geophysicist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology.

«I am stunned by the extent of the annual mass wildebeest drownings and their large contribution of [carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus] to the energy budget of the Mara River,» says Gary Lamberti, an aquatic ecologist at the University of Norte Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

Beaver ponds can indeed be large sources of potent planet - warming greenhouse gases such as methane and nitrous oxide, says Jennifer Edmonds, an aquatic ecologist at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

Some 400 of the big aquatic mammals died in 1996, the largest death toll in 22 years and nearly double the previous record.

Sponges survive handsomely on their own and can even shelter other sea creatures: Scientists found a large sponge in the Gulf of Mexico hosting 16,000 snapping shrimp and 1,000 other aquatic animals.

«It seems that currently, it is mainly large, male bears using this aquatic hunting method on Svalbard,» says Hamilton.

Berenbrink and Campbell systematically analyzed the genes and available information for all mammalian myoglobins, including those from deep - diving species, and found that the myoglobins from aquatic mammals had large positive surface charges compared with those from land animals.

One of the major goals of this course is to provide a large overview of the different approaches in aquatic organisms, at first hands in relation to immunology, degeneration / injury and regeneration.

They were fully adapted to an aquatic lifestyle, and had a distinctive body plan comprising a compact, streamlined body, long, paddle - like limbs and an extremely elongated neck with a large number of vertebrae (Fig. 1).

It has been written by a large international team of researchers and uses case studies and examples from all over the world, and from a broad range of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

To investigate those effects, researchers turn to mesocosms — large tanks of water that can be used to simulate natural freshwater systems — at the Rensselaer Aquatic Facility.

The Lund University researchers studied how nanoplastics may be transported through different organisms in the aquatic ecosystem, i.e. via algae and animal plankton to larger fish.

Using a range of cutting edge techniques, his Group investigates the impacts of environmental cues (light, odors, sound and electrical fields) on biodiversity, sustainability and health in a large diversity of aquatic animals.

Silver Nanoparticles: No Threat to the Environment - This report will demonstrate that silver nanoparticles do not remain «nanosize» when they come in contact with normal environmental samples, such as soil and water, but they agglomerate to form much larger, much less biologically effective, silver particles which are non-toxic, non-ionic and have no history of being harmful to the environment or aquatic life.

LOS ANGELES, CA (August 14, 2012)-- From the studio that brought you Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus and Zombie Apocalypse come two new action - thrillers — featuring Alice Cooper, two former teen heartthrobs, an especially tall and hairy beast and a large array of deadly species of shark — that prove that there is no escape from monsters both terrestrial and aquatic.