Sentences with phrase «like proboscis»

The males» trunk - like proboscis is there to intimidate other males through its sheer size alone — it also serves to amplify challenge calls in the competition for females.

In Borneo, there's an impressive eco-tourism industry where you can climb Mt. Kinabalu, view pygmy elephants in the wild, and watch the human - like proboscis monkeys swinging from vines in the jungle as you head down the river in a small boat.

Despite being an iconic image — a fossil with a striped body, large tail, a pair of stalks terminating in dark, oval - shaped «blobs» and a large elephant trunk - like proboscis at the head end which has a pincer - like claw filled with teeth — it is a complete mystery as to what kind of extinct animal it was.

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UC Irvine's website features a nice look at Peter's transformation over the years — what I like about the current mascot is that he's got the «bicep - having, uniform - wearing anthropomorphic animal» thing that 99.9 percent of college use, but also is an anteater with a silly neck and huge proboscis.

The front end of these animals is shaped like an acorn, and it consists of a proboscis and collar that it likely uses to burrow.

McAlister shows off the Diptera collection like an adoring parent: the lovely bee flies; the curious hairy legs of the robber fly; the amazing eyes of the stalk - eyed flies; the mosquito with feathered mid-legs that look like legwarmers; U.K. crane flies with wide wingspans and long, delicate legs; the horse fly with a 2 - inch - long proboscis; the bot flies that lay their eggs on mosquitoes for transportation.

Thanks to its adaptations, proboscis monkeys can skilfully wade through their swampy habitat and dog paddle like a pro, says Ramesh Boonratana of Mahidol University International College in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.

«Blood wells up in the groove and it acts like a sponge, drawing blood up into the many channels that drain off into the proboscis.»

It has a 12 - inch long nectary — there is a tube where the nectar accumulates — and he predicts that there is a moth, thinks it has to be [a] moth with a very long proboscis basically like a straw that would be, maybe 11 inches long.

The Outlander crossover took something of a reverse path: It started life here in 2003 cursed with a strikingly bad proboscis, gradually morphing through generic, before ending at vaguely sporty with a Lancer - like grille and familiar SUV side lines.

Northern elephant seals, the world's second largest type of seal, are named for the males» proboscis - like snouts; mature males, which can grow to 16 feet long and weigh up to 2,268 kilos, inflate their snouts to make rumbling bellows during the spring mating season).