Sentences with phrase «of arboreal»

And let's not forget her first solo show Between the Trees, with its innovative slide - like illustrations of arboreal matter.

We made sure to catch up with Caroline during her first solo exhibition, Anatomy of the Arboreal, to discuss where her success has taken her thus far and what really goes into nurturing her kind of nature.

See her wonderful creations displayed in an exhibition called Anatomy of the Arboreal at Scream gallery.

The house is set on a beautiful expanse of lush green land and provides delectable pastoral views of your arboreal surroundings, the sea and the island of Formentera.

Some of the arboreal geckos also enjoy soft fruit mashes into which you can mix the supplements without them raising much of a fuss.

Perhaps the most recognizable of all arboreal lizards are the true chameleons (Chamaeleonidae).

Mangrove and cat - eyed snakes, some of the arboreal boas, and even many rat snakes will forage at night.

The inherent beauty of the arboreal cage, and the fascination of that world's inhabitants, gives extra meaning to our own.

In places the emerald leaves of the arboreal canopy block out all but a thin latticework of sky, making it seem dark even on the sunniest of summer days and adding to the tunnel - like feeling of the confusing rabbit warren of roads.

Many of the arboreal frogs are green in colour, whereas the terrestrial and aquatic species are duller.

This is the first report of its kind to offer a record of an arboreal crab — a crab species that lives in trees.

He suspects that the tails of arboreal mammals, such as cats and monkeys, serve a similar purpose.

«It is a combination of direct development and use of arboreal habitat that accounts for a great deal of the radiation.»

Iron Gall ink is so named because it is traditionally made from oak galls, a kind of arboreal tumor.

Not exact matches

All your labels regarding the gods are all sons of the original God who sits on His throne all alone and beside Himself is ever wanting to be released from the arboreal places high above our celestial cosmos of teetered rationalism.

Like trees in many folktales, he also speaks to them as well, albeit with the arboreal sluggishness of a slow - growing, slow - moving creature.

Among his strongest points is that observations that demonstrate gradual evolutionary changes in specific characteristics (beak shape of finches, color of forest moths, for instance) do not establish how gradual changes could bring about major evolutionary transitions that require concerted functioning of many specialized organs — such as the change from arboreal mammals to night - flying bats, or the origin of life.

«Indian Bread,» an attractive, tasteless, yet nutritious arboreal fungus that was a staple of the indigenous peoples of Tierra del Fuego.

(Using appropriate arboreal camouflage, of course.)

J. Sterling Morton, the founder of Arbor Day and an ardent arboreal advocate who recognized the value of trees of all types, famously said, «Each generation takes the earth as trustees.»

With their long, strong arms and short bowed legs, it's easy to see why orang - utans are considered the most arboreal of all great apes.

Unfortunately for him and for many other people, he had picked up severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS — perhaps directly from an infected bat or from a small, arboreal mammal called a civet, common in one of Guangdong's famous «wet markets» that sell wild animals for food, or else from a person or chain of people ultimately infected from one of those animal sources.

«If arboreal forests are the lungs of the planet,» says Walker, «the Southern Ocean is its heart.»

A team of several dozen researchers reports online today in Scientific Reports that it has observed chimps routinely throwing and banging rocks at arboreal targets, resulting in the kind of stone accumulations pictured above.

Hundreds of acres of once - vibrant, postcard - perfect groves that have prospered for centuries are now cemeteries where twisted, dead tree trunks protrude like arboreal zombies from fertile soil in which grass and flowers easily grow.

ramidus teeth is similar to that of the predominantly arboreal, small, baboon - like Pliopapio and the woodland browser Tragelaphus, indicating little dietary intake of grass or grass - eating animals.

The marsupial, called the bondegezou by tribespeople, has traits typical of both its arboreal and ground - dwelling cousins.

Yet the fossa's muscle and might are closer to that of a clouded leopard, its only rival in arboreal athleticism.

Some tarantulas succeed in occasionally capturing small birds, small mammals such as mice, and even small fish, but their ordinary prey consists of insects such as crickets (for ground dwellers) and moths (for arboreal species).

But a new study published online today in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface shows that they might have more than we realized: These arboreal spiders can control their falls, gliding from tree to tree to avoid the dangerous forest floor, just like flying squirrels.

Another line of coelurosaurs adapted to arboreal living.

Meng et al. describe an arboreal species with modifications for climbing and that possessed teeth clearly adapted for a herbivorous diet, including the consumption of sap.

These enormous creatures — relatives of today's two - and three - toed arboreal sloths but with higher metabolisms and thus greater speed — emerged about 30 million years ago and roamed the Americas, the Caribbean, and Antarctica.

The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal marsupial that has a unique diet consisting almost exclusively of Eucalyptus leaves.

The distinctly human ability for forceful precision (e.g. when turning a key) and power «squeeze» gripping (e.g. when using a hammer) is linked to two key evolutionary transitions in hand use: a reduction in arboreal climbing and the manufacture and use of stone tools.

The researchers» work began with collecting observations on hoverfly behavior in three of these insects» natural habitats — tropical Bangalore, alpine Sikkim, and hemi - arboreal Uppsala.

Orangutans are the only great apes to occur outside of Africa, and are the largest arboreal mammals in the world.

Moreover, as humans and apes differ in loading of the foot, this region is relevant to questions concerning arboreal locomotion and bipedality in the hominoid fossil record.

These observations support studies of the postcranial fossil record which have concluded that H. erectus was an obligatory biped, whereas A. africanus showed a locomotor repertoire comprising facultative bipedalism as well as arboreal climbing.

They lack the long, strong fingers used by chimps and gorillas for knucklewalking, and the elongation of the hand found in the highly arboreal gibbons and orang - utans.

In one of the reversed clips, a sudden burst of inspiration pushes a father to raze his shed and construct a go - kart track; in another, a baseball crashing through a window inspires him to give his back yard the Field of Dreams treatment; and in the «Tree House» commercial, a family enjoys a picnic atop the multi-story arboreal dwelling constructed with the help of a 2014 Toyota Tundra.

In a parallel to Shannon's encounter with the angelically blossoming tree, Darwin, exploring a Brazilian rainforest, has his own arboreal revelation: «Bristles of orchid leaves on every black branch / like green flames over Bibles.

Wohlleben makes an affable forest companion — a tree whisperer who interprets arboreal behavior for the likes of me.

The titles of the journals quoted in the chapter introductions are similarly clever (New Oppressor, The Toad, The Mole, Gadfly, Portsmouth Penny Dreadful, Swindon Eevening Blurb, Arboreal Times, Swindon Daily Eyestrain) and the context is hilariously inane.

Some parrot species, such as African greys, are primarily ground foragers and appreciate a clean surface on the cage bottom or on a ledge to forage on, while other parrot species, such as lories, are primarily arboreal foragers and prefer enrichment opportunities in the upper area of the cage, he said.

Its small size makes it perfect for offices and bedrooms, with an ideal amount of space for small ground - dwelling lizards, geckos, arboreal or aquatic frogs, newts, salamanders, toads and many invertebrates.

This is excellent for our chameleons and other arboreals, as they enjoy being both up in the trees and above the reach of those possibly predatory simians that seem to wander through their forest every day.

A medium - sized arboreal snake, it ranges the subtropical rain forests of Vietnam.

To discuss every species of suitable arboreal lizards would occupy dozens of pages, so it is vital that retailers selling these animals do proper research on the specific animals being offered for sale and be prepared to answer any potential questions.

Loxton is a small, quaint Karoo arboreal village; with many of its streets lined with cypresses, pear, pepper and beefwood trees.