Sentences with phrase «like guinea»

«The smaller players [and Developers Diversified] will be almost like guinea pigs to see how things will go forward,» he says.

Using a computer without feeling like a guinea pig in Stephen Sinofsky's grand experiments is quite nice.

All throughout, I tried to interject references, like guinea fowl feathers instead of a dove — the guinea fowl is native to Africa, a bird of protection and defense — or putting Zulu and Maasai warrior shields in a space with housedresses that come from a shop in Harlem.

The name stems from the lake's shape as indigenous people felt the water was shaped like a guinea pig, which is why the translation of Laguna Cuicocha is the «lake of the guinea pig.»

Sometimes we talk about gross things like guinea worm and amoebic dysentery.

Small animals, like guinea pigs, are also safe around Pugs.

Small pet companions like guinea pigs absolutely should not be thought of as practice pets, especially for children.

She also has a particular interest in elderly cat care, but she is happy to see whatever comes through the door, especially the «small furries «like guinea pigs and rabbits!

It's a good idea to phone around and find a vet who has experience of neutering small pets like guinea pigs.

As a matter of fact, daily cage - free time is a must for animals like guinea pigs and rabbits!

Including small pets like Guinea pigs in the spooky festivities is easier than you think!

Obviously, smaller animals like mice will require much less space than a larger pet like a Guinea pig.

For example, most pet store cages are too small for animals like guinea pigs and rabbits, and they need hay and vegetables to stay healthy.

At our Novato Campus you meet dogs and cats of course, but you can also meet our smallest friends waiting to find their forever homes, like guinea pigs, rabbits, and rats.

Rabbit hutches can be used for other small animals too like guinea pigs, ferrets (if the spacing between the wires is small enough) and other furry small animals.

Smaller animals like guinea pigs and rabbits fare better in hotter weather when their runs and hutches are located in places where there's lots of shade to keep cool.

Since many exotic species (like Guinea Pigs and Rabbits) can have gut flora that is highly sensitive to antibacterial actions, we use more caution with essential oils in these particular animals.

Not only can men adore cats and women adore dogs, but many pet owners of all genders are passionate about cats and dogs equally — not to mention the slew of other household pets like guinea pigs, rabbits, fish, and beyond.

One of the key areas where you can start from would be emptying out Puss» litter box daily, scooping up Fido's poop regularly (even if it's done in the backyard garden), and cleaning out the cages of your smaller pets like guinea pigs and birds weekly.

Depending on each animal, taxidermy can cost from $ 200 for a small pet like a guinea pig to about $ 2,500 for a larger pet like a Golden Retriever.

That's understandable, but it means that teachers have little assurance of a product's effectiveness, and students tell us they feel like guinea pigs as teachers cycle through different tools.

Nobody likes to feel like a guinea pig, so if you're approaching interracial dating as an experiment, you're probably going to fail.

June 8, 1:00 p.m. EDT: Will I Feel Like a Guinea Pig?

In one recent experiment, a volunteer named Jeff, dressed only in dark Lycra shorts and white socks, looked like a guinea pig trapped in a bad sci - fi flick.

Most animals can synthesize their own vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, in their livers, but humans are among the exceptions, along with other primates and oddballs like guinea pigs and bats.

President Mahama also cited the peace and security Ghana currently enjoys as inspiration to other African countries like Guinea Bissau to aspire to better democratic practices in equal measure.

Don't treat your kid like a guinea pig for testing products, buy products you know are harmless to their sweet tiny bodies.

Tropical diseases like guinea worm, trachoma, and schistosomiasis, which infect millions of people annually, are found most often in places with unsafe drinking water and poor sanitation and hygiene.

These factors, together with low levels of transparency, weak financial institutions, and inadequate infrastructure have acted as a deterrent to investment — despite the fact that countries like Guinea or the Democratic Republic of Congo have immense mineral resources.

Not exact matches

Some languages like Dani, spoken in Papua New Guinea, and Bassa, spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone, only have two terms, dark and light.

The Guinea worm challenge is the kind of «impossible» mission tailor - made for someone like Donald Hopkins, one of Fortune's 2018 «World's 50 Greatest Leaders.»

While not a requirement, remote experience is usually a good credential to look for when hiring people who will be working remotely for you This will ensure you aren't the guinea pig: Your candidates already have a basic understanding of what it looks like to work independently.

They applied to CUSO, the Canadian aid agency, which liked their backgrounds in tourism and recruited them to run a guest house in a remote coastal village in Papua New Guinea.

Demand is so strong that Perth Mint brings in gold from mines in other countries like Papua New Guinea and New Zealand, and jewelry from South - East Asia that is refined down to the Mint's signature 99.99 percent gold bullion.

For me and those I've used as guinea - pigs, Pecan is the king — they taste almost like Pecan Pie in cookie - form.

Humans have also acted as guinea pigs with oleoresin capsicum, which is the concentrated heat ingredient in super-hot sauces with names using words like «insanity,» «death,» and «suicide.»

These are called guinea fowl in the UK and I really like them, so what a great recipe for me!

You've got other countries with very high forest cover like Papua New Guinea, Suriname, the Amazon region and the Congo Basin countries.

Visit the bean - to - bar factory in the Mission for crazy pastries like smoky s» mores made with Papua New Guinea chocolate, plus intense drinking chocolates.

And, ultimately, they'd like to build a production facility back home in Guinea.

It is just days until the 2015 African Cup of Nations kicks off in Equatorial Guinea, with the likes of Ivory Coast, Zambia, Senegal and Algeria the favourites to lift the trophy, with holders Nigeria having failed to qualify for the tournament.

You should also consider bringing outdoor animals like rabbits and guinea pigs indoors when the weather gets colder.

Breastfeeding support literally saves lives, especially in a place like Papua New Guinea and I'm so glad to be a part.

«The government is using vulnerable members of our society, like foreign nationals who do not have the vote, as guinea pigs for a deeply unpopular and unworkable policy.»

As long as the disease is still in the West Coast — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the likelihood that a character like the Late Sawyer may come in through one way or the other is there.

He noted that exercises are still being undertaken as part of the 2015 deal like the operation Obangame, a naval collaboration with Gulf of Guinea and West African nations to counter sea - based illicit activity.

Hyraceum, also called «Africa stone,» is the petrified and rocklike excreta of the rock hyrax, a medium - size mammal that looks like a big guinea pig and whose closest living relative, oddly, is the elephant.

I can also get enamored of capybaras, which are giant rodents and look like big guinea pigs, and even wild pigs.

They found that the factors that most greatly accelerated the formation of new species were life in extensive mountain ranges (like the Andes and New Guinea Highlands); the evolution of epiphytism (life in the trees); pollination by orchid bees, moths, or butterflies; and origin of pollinia (packages of hundreds to thousands of pollen grains dispersed as a unit).

According to a study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, companion animals — like dogs, cats or the guinea pigs in the study — may prove to be a helpful addition to treatment programs designed to help children with ASDs improve their social skills and interactions with other people.