Sentences with phrase «like aquatic»

From the photos, it seems surreal that yarn could be made to look like aquatic creatures and coral reefs, and yet they really manage it.

Attracted to flashlights, the worms will swarm like aquatic mosquitos.

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The average water temperature is 75 degrees Fahrenheit, so if you and your travel companion like aquatic fun, Phu Quoc's ideal weather and calm waters are ideal for water sports such as snorkelling, scuba diving, fishing, kayaking, jet - skiing and wind sailing popular.

The whale tale forms the center of the story but, for me, it was the bit players that stole the show - the rays wallowing in the warm water under the pier, the sun fish snoozling close to the legs of the oil rig, the green sea turtles «carrying their homes along with them like aquatic RVs» and the herd of dolphins vying with each other to perform the most dare - devilish tricks (I thought the collective noun for dolphins was pod, but Lynne refers to them as a herd, and I'm not the landlubber to question her!)

An Esther Williams - like aquatic starlet (played by Scarlett Johansson) has been knocked up, so a team of back - room legal stooges are brought in to complete the necessary fiddles.

Mannix also must deal with the out - of - wedlock pregnancy of DeeAnna Moran (Scarlett Johansson), his popular Esther Williams - like aquatic musical star.

Scarlett Johansson plays the Esther Williams - like aquatic movie star DeeAnna Moran, who looks like a goddess when she is performing as a mermaid underwater but is down to earth and foul - mouthed when not on camera.

The setting of Lost River is its most compelling feature, a decaying city that owes its existence to a dam project that washed out another city like an aquatic Pompeii.

I prefer them in combination powders like this Aquatic Greens Blend or in Energy Bits (small caplets of chlorella and spirulina that can be taken as a snack or to boost nutrients).

A newly designed metallic soap reacts to a magnetic field, a first in soap research that could lead to better control of cleanup chemicals in situations like aquatic oil spills.

Aquatic pythons look like aquatic boas, burrowing pythons look like borrowing boas and tree - dwelling pythons look like tree - dwelling boas.

Nanofur is superhydrophobic and superoleophilic and, like the aquatic ferns, can selectively absorb oil while repelling water.

God likes aquatic animals more than terrestrial animals.

Not exact matches

Comino, the island home to the iconic Blue Lagoon «swimming pool,» has the lion's share of underwater attractions including caves, colorful corals and sponges and aquatic life like octopus and barracuda fish.

For example, whales started out a little bit like crocodiles before they took to being completely aquatic.

One speaks, for example, of the wheel as a solar symbol, of the cosmogonic egg as the symbol of the non-differentiated totality, or of the serpent as a chthonian, sexual, or funeral symbol, etc. (In like manner it is agreed that the term «symbolism» should be reserved for a structurally coherent ensemble, for example, we speak of aquatic symbolism, the structure of which can not be deciphered except through studying a great number of religious facts which are heterogeneous in appearance, such as baptismal and lustration rites, aquatic cosmogonies, myths relative to floods or to marine catastrophes, myths featuring fecundity through contact with water, etc. [Cf. Eliade, Patterns in Comparative Religion, pp. 188 ff., and Images et symboles, pp. 164 ff.

Wild rice is an aquatic grass, not a grain, but we call it rice because it looks and cooks like all other types of rice.

e.g. whether or not you'd like it to go towards aquatics or baby massage, a mother or child, a particular diagnosis or circumstance, etc..

These aquatic play stations are like knee - high miniature water parks, just the right height for your toddler to stand beside.

We have expertise in engineering world class products like our custom starting blocks and racing lanes for all levels of aquatic facilities.

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.

* A proposal to weaken protections against aquatic invaders, like zebra mussels, in the Great Lakes and across the country failed in a procedural vote in the U.S. Senate, despite pressure from shipping industry interests that argued to repeal the regulations.

And much like human life, aquatic life requires oxygen,» Higgins said.

This is perfect for animals like turtles or other aquatic reptiles.

Like it or not, the combination of natural and artificial influences that birthed Easter Island's unique aquatic terroir have given it the dubious honor of serving as a bellwether for the future.

Male copepods — tiny aquatic crustaceans — of the genus Sapphirina glint like colorful jewels one moment and are nearly invisible the next.

However, if you do aqua aerobics or aquatic sports like kayaking and want headphones that can stand up to submersion, the Hydroharmony HH - 02s are an inexpensive and water - friendly option.

This limits their usefulness to lap swimmers and mermaids, and make them a better choice for casual swimmers, aquatic sports like SUP, and sweaty high - impact fitness.

They work better for water aerobics, sweaty sports, and aquatic sports like kayaking.

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.

Tiger salamander eggs are laid in the late winter or early spring, and like other salamanders, and their cousins the frogs and toads, their larvae are fully aquatic with external gills and fishlike tails.

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN — If they weren't in the windowless basement of a cavernous biomedical research building, the «Aquatic Suites» might sound like a cushy vacation destination.

They used two different groups of resident species consisting of aquatic bacteria, ciliates — protozoans with hair - like projections called cilia — and rotifers, organisms with cilia - laced mouths and retractable feet.

Like pyrethroids, fipronil is far less toxic to birds and mammals than other insecticides, but can still kill small aquatic life.

JELLYFISH galaxies are dead ringers for their aquatic namesakes, with blob - like bodies and star - studded tentacles that can be tens of thousands of light years long.

The Persian carpet flatworm, the cuttlefish and the black ghost knifefish look nothing like each other — their last common ancestor lived 550 million years ago, before the Cambrian period — but a new study uses a combination of computer simulations, a robotic fish and video footage of real fish to show that all three aquatic creatures have evolved to swim with elongated fins using the same mechanical motion that optimizes their speed, helping to ensure their survival.

«What we found is that we go from soft - bodied ancient aquatic arthropods with no eyes, or at least eyes that don't fossilize well, to suddenly eyes that look like the eyes that we see on insects and land animals today, with basically nothing in between these stages,» says Morehouse.

Fifty years ago, when wildlife managers and aquatic biologists were eager to tinker with nature, Asian carp looked like a great fit for American waters.

Like giant salvinia, it depletes oxygen and prevents light from penetrating the water's surface, rendering freshwater habitats uninhabitable for most native aquatic species.

«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.

«They're varied, but a couple of the really high use ones — especially Headline — seem like they have strong aquatic toxicity,» Belden said.

«Tetrapodophis doesn't show any aquatic adaptations — no long, oar - like tail, no thick bones to act as ballast, no flippers,» says Nick Longrich of the University of Bath, UK, who is a co-author of the study.

Yet Archaefructus sinensis is a small, fleshy, aquatic plant that looks more like an herb than a flowering tree.

One, Timonya annae (tih - MOAN - yuh ann - AYE), was a small, fully aquatic amphibian with fangs and gills, looking something like a cross between a modern Mexican salamander and an eel.

The early studies helped Duffy determine that the microscopic aquatic parasite she first observed as a graduate student, and which her research team had recently collected in more than a dozen southeast Michigan lakes, is the same fungus - like organism that a French biologist first described in 1903.

Turtles are best known today for their aquatic feats, like leatherbacks that migrate thousands of kilometers.

For the first time, researchers at SEAS have demonstrated a flying, swimming, insect - like robot — paving the way for future dual aerial aquatic robotic vehicles.

While it may sound like something out of a James Bond film, engineers have been trying to design functional aerial - aquatic vehicles for decades with little success.

First, they targeted alien weeds like marsh grass and water hyacinth that blanketed the wetlands and squeezed out native aquatic plants.