Sentences with phrase «much as an elephant»

Although other theropods rivaled or exceeded T.rex in size, it was the largest known tyrannosaurid and one of the largest known land predators, measuring over 12 metres (40 feet) in length and weighing as much as an elephant.

Not exact matches

So we all marveled over this, much as you might marvel over an elephant standing on a washbucket.

You can learn about as much science from the quran as you can physics from «Horton Hears a Hoo»... now your sure that nest can fit an elephant?

What the religious never understand is that it makes as much sense to believe in the giant elephant in the sky as it does that some mystical all - knowing creature is actually paying attention to all of this.

We have learned so much about the intelligence, cognitive and social, of so many animals — humpback whales, orcas, bottlenose dolphins, elephants, gray parrots, dogs, and so on — all of it quite fascinating, thought - provoking, and in many cases delightful, and it seems a cruel impoverishment of our speculative and moral imaginations to dismiss it all as a process of biomechanical stimulus and response, only accidentally resembling the workings of human consciousness.

The days of players of such limited ability paid millions of pounds of OUR (by this I mean supporters) money are coming to an end.For this Wenger has himself to blame as his tired broken down ways have been found out.Yes of course we want our players to be loyal but the players who we have called out over the years SÁNCHEZ RVP THE BLOKE WHOOSE DAD WASHED ELEPHANTS NASRI were all Wenger signings and showed as much loyalty and gratitude to him as much as the Club.Sign the right players and put them in a winning team is the first step.Win trophies and Pay them well and then you will see Loyalty.

It's interesting that they focus on the technicalities of whether sodium qualifies as a preservative in this particular product, whether the level of sodium in a serving falls within the maximum acceptable range for a toddler, etc., while glossing over the elephant in the freezer - products like this just have way too much sodium to ever reasonably be considered «healthy» or «eating well», and rather than taking real steps to improve their products, Nestle has chosen to hide behind soundbites like «no preservatives!

I don't read as often as I would like to, I just don't ever have that much spare time, but I did just read Water for Elephants and loved it.

It doesn't take much to see why the US took more of a backseat when Colorado and Washington, two states that have also fully commercially legalised cannabis, act as very large elephants in the UN's designated room of conformity.

Her interviews with those involved in the slaughter, now published, reveal that killing the elephants was as much about rebelling against this state of affairs as protecting crops and livelihoods (Land Use Policy, doi.org/xz8).

The scientists video - recorded the families» reactions to the various calls and measured certain key behaviors, such as whether the elephants defensively bunched together, whether they listened and smelled for the stranger, and how much time they spent doing these activities.

Environmental destruction — from smuggling elephant tusks to illegal dumping of toxic waste — generates as much as $ 213 billion annually for criminals and terrorists.

He says the finding demonstrates the role that large mammals like elephants play as «ecosystem engineers» providing resources and habitat to much smaller animals.

The gargantuan gypsum crystals in Mexico's Cave of Crystals measure up to 36 feet (the length of a motor home) and weigh as much as 55 tons (the weight of 11 big elephants).

They're also 1 meter shorter and weigh half as much as the savanna elephants, which range from South to East Africa.

Taken together, all types of environmental crime — from smuggling elephant tusks to China to illegal dumping of toxic waste — generates as much as $ 213 billion for unsavory characters around the world.

Sauropods were colossal creatures, reaching up to 50 meters in length and weighing as much as 77 metric tons — 14 times the weight of modern - day African elephants.

The researchers» statistical analysis of the elephants» relationships shows that female Asian elephants live in a highly dynamic and fluid society, with individuals leaving and rejoining, much as chimpanzees and bottlenose dolphins are known to do.

An elephant brain, for instance, can weigh four times as much as a human's.

He points out that elephant legs can bend almost as much as human limbs can.

The scientists installed heavy - duty scales in the ground to keep track of how much of each elephant's weight hit the ground as it ran.

Much of his work with elephants has been as a consultant for medical management and breeding programs at several zoo and circuses in North America.

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Okay we admit, we insta - stalked Margherita Missoni on her safari honeymoon and loved her outfits as much as her pictures of elephant herds.

At its core, the story is about recognizing the value of a person, despite their size, as Horton, an enormous elephant, becomes aware of a voice coming from a small speck of matter, and comes to learn there's an entire city of Whos on that speck, led by the Mayor, who's never had much to do, as nothing bad has ever happened.

Like so many others, Christopher Nielsen's tale emulates some of the comic thrillers that have come out over the past decade, and in fact, it very much feels like an animated predecessor to Joe Carnahan's Smokin Aces, except with an elephant as the being that everyone is trying to get to.

(remix) music video by Danger Mouse and Jemini; deleted scenes and alternative takes, five in total, including an alternative ending (9 min) with a less subtle conversation between Richard and Mark, but a haunting final image of Richard with Anthony; images from Anjan Sarkars graphic novel animation matched to actual dialogue from the films soundtrack (the scene where Herbie first sees the elephant); In Shanes Shoes (24 min) documentary featuring the premiere at the 2004 Edinburgh Film Festival, interviews with Shane Meadows about run - ins with violent gangs in his youth, and on - location clowning; Northern Soul (26 min) also made by Meadows in 2004, and starring Toby Kebbell as an aspiring wrestler with no actual wrestling experience or talent - this comic short is as amateurish as its protagonist, and serves only to show how much better Dead Mans Shoes is.

When Hannibal decides to take his conquest on the road from Carthage to Rome via the Alps, taking the elephants gives him some troubles — but not as much trouble as this movie had at the box office.

Very few films have ever delivered as much emotion and heart as this sweet, simple tale of a young elephant triumphing over circumstance.

They are thick communities, where students and teachers celebrate and suffer together; where you know when someone is having a bad day and ask what you can do to help; where in the classroom adventure and risk, cheers, and even embarrassment are experienced directly; where the wrinkle of a brow and what is not said mean just as much as what is spoken; and where disagreement can squat in the room like the elephant it usually is and not be mouse - clicked away.

«When the elephants fight, the grass gets trampled» goes the African proverb, and as the teachers union and the Oakland Unified School District negotiate a much - needed raise, some elephants are raising their feet, and already the children are feeling it.

There is also the elephant in the room known as the Tesla Model S. Hydrogen isn't that much a surprise.

Beyond extolling personal virtue and effort, the story of the hummingbird also suggests that the single bird's actions are futile without the assistance of the larger animals — such as the elephant, who could of course carry much more water — or the concerted effort of all the animals to do something.

Maybe you've already read The Help, The Lovely Bones, Water for Elephants, Cutting for Stone, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society... and you're looking for books that go beyond the obvious picks (as much as we love those tried - and - true book club favorites).

For all the talk of 300,000 downloads (Edit: The number is now 550,000 in 50 countries), the Stanza is as much of a threat to the Kindle as a rat to an elephant.

They can also listen as much as they like to thousands of Audible audiobooks, including «Water for Elephants.»

South Africa may be best known for elephants, rhinos and its impressive predators, but there is a much smaller world that is just as integral a part of our ecosystems.

In addition to being underweight (elephant seal pups can gain as much as 10 lb a day while weaning) he has an injury to his right eye.

Bakas Elephant Parks is one of the popular elephant park to enjoy see the elephant and ride the elephant, in here you also can see Elephant do show for tourist, enjoy take picture as much as you like with the biggest animal (elephant) in the parks.

The Park is set in 3.5 hectares and has been carefully landscaped to mimic as much as possible the original environment of the elephants» previous home in Sumatra.

If you know that a blue whale can weigh as much as thirty - two elephants or that a toddler could crawl through the arteries of any full - grown great whale or that a humpback's flipper is more than twice the height of the tallest person you know, then your sense of excitement about even a distant sighting will increase.

There's a throwaway plot involving treacherous Russians, a rival ace pilot and a twist that literally gets spelled out in dialogue with about as much finesse as an elephant ballerina, just don't go in expecting to be fighting off huge flying fortresses in this Ace Combat title, though.

Besides that, the actual gameplay looks to be more or less the same as its predecessor, but the world is obviously much larger, and... riding elephants; what could you possibly want more?

This certainly seemed a good way to sum up the animated, unruly parade of footballers, Hollywood royalty, cut - out dolls as well as Queen Elizabeth, all of which — along with rumbustious dogs, elephants and much more — have been whipped into existence with lashings of oil paint.

A relative newcomer to the auction rooms, the arrival of one her most significant works, a 15 ft fibreglass sleeping elephant covered in bindi beads, stirred as much expectation as the estimate, set at a whopping # 700,000.

Much as lions hunting elephants in the Serengeti work to isolate one elephant from the herd as a hunting strategy, Mann said climate skeptics have picked out individual scientists and climate studies to discredit.

I can't be the only person here who thinks that saying «One average elephant weighs about as much as 100 MattBs» would be perfectly appropriate way of discussing the weight of an elephant.

While poaching has declined a bit as of late, some 20,000 African elephants are still slaughtered for their tusks each year, much in part to meet ivory demand from Asia, particularly China, notes Simon Denyer in The Washington Post.

The numbers regarding elephants are not much better: the results from a recent survey showed that in Tanzania alone as much as 85,000 elephants are likely to have been killed between 2009 and 2014, a decline of 60 %.