Sentences with phrase «of frog legs»

I sat down to an overloaded platter of frog legs between a family birthday bash and six tables jammed with dancing bikers who had ridden Harleys from Texas just for the evening.

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Whether bugs become the next toro — tuna prized for its rich, fatty taste and abundance of omega - 3s — or suffer the fate of once - faddish, now largely forgotten menu items like escargots and frog legs depends on producers» ability to push insects past the novelty - food barrier.

I mixed all of the ingredients except the meat together in a bag and threw in the frog legs, they marinated in there for about 3ish hours.

B&C processes and distributes shrimp, turtle, crab, frog legs, and a variety of salt and freshwater fish from nearby Lake Des Allemands, but their specialty is catfish.

Also cut off the legs of frogs at the knee, and the legs and wings of grasshoppers at the body.

Arthur H. Steinhaus, Ph.D., of Chicago's George Williams College, notes that scientists in the early 1920s conducted experiments in which one leg of a frog was tied down while the other was left free.

While I've yet to find any conclusive research on the topic, a solid anatomical understanding of infant hip joint development underscores the importance of keeping baby's legs well supported with knees and hips bent, commonly called the «frog leg» or «M» position.

This carrier doesn't keep a newborn baby's legs in the frog position, so it's only intended for use over shorter periods of time and not all day.

According to some, babies with hip dysplasia should never use a Bjorn - style carrier, as it can aggravate the condition, and in fact the «frog - legged» position supported by other carriers is used for treatment of dysplasia.

When the wrap is tightened properly, the immature rounded spine gets maximum support and the natural «frog - leg» - position promotes the development of baby's cartilaginous hip joints.

The Sierra Nevada yellow - legged frog from the mountains of California has been declining for more than 100 years, due to non-native predatory trout and the deadly chytrid fungus.

Among the influences she cites in a preface to an 1831 edition of her novel is Luigi Galvani, who in 1780 found that an electrical charge could make a dead frog's legs twitch.

While some of the species yet to be described look just like their closest relatives (so - called «cryptic» species), others, like the long - legged diamond frog, are spectacularly different.

Starting in three weeks, he and his colleagues will collect cutaneous bacteria from mountain yellow - legged frogs in the isolated Dusy basin area of the Sierras: «We'll go in with skin swabs, take samples, culture bacteria, grow it in the lab at San Francisco State, then wait a week, go back out and inoculate a bunch of frogs,» Vredenburg says.

Scientists estimate it accounts for the extirpation or extinction of 200 species, including the disappearance of mountain yellow - legged frogs from several watersheds in the Sierras since the mid-1990s.

In the field results of a study by Brianna Lam, a graduate student in the J.M.U. Department of Biology, published in the journal Biological Conservation in 2009 (as well results published by Vredenburg and Harris in 2008 in Abstracts of the General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology), revealed that wild mountain yellow - legged frog populations in the Sierras differed greatly in their amount of cutaneous J. lividum.

Adult frogs are characterised by long hind legs, a short body, webbed digits, protruding eyes and the absence of a tail.

Vredenburg and his colleagues are carrying out a test this summer that involves applying J. lividum to populations of mountain yellow - legged frogs in an area where chytrid is just now showing up.

Now, after years of efforts to reintroduce the frogs to the Santa Monica Mountains outside of Los Angeles, the National Parks Service announced the discovery of nine clusters of red - legged frog eggs in the region's streams — the first evidence in decades that the species is sustaining a population in the area.

Jeff's hands gripped the side rails of the gurney, and his right thigh frog - legged out at a near right angle to his body, supported by at least five pillows stuffed between him and the rail.

Colleen Kamoroff, a former WSU natural resources graduate student, and her advisor Caren Goldberg, an assistant professor in the WSU School of the Environment, used eDNA to detect Bd one month before the pathogen impacted populations of mountain yellowed - legged frogs in Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park in California.

The lakes are home to two federally endangered species of mountain yellow - legged frogs.

To test whether violacein might protect against the disease, Harris and his team bathed a group of mountain yellow - legged frogs in the salamander skin bacterium while another group went untreated.

One of the frogs understood there was no hope, and he stopped beating the sour cream with his legs.

India has banned the export of frogs» legs because of the public outcry against these cruel slaughter methods and the environmental impact of pesticides used to replace them.

As one fluid percolated up through the other, Xi first saw the blobs form a turtle (that is, a pattern with six finger - like shapes that looked like a head, tail and four legs, similar to a turtle), then a frog (back legs akimbo) and finally an explosion of mushroom shapes.

The team also injected some of the metal alloy into a severed frog's leg.

But the previous holder of the title of earliest true frog, an Argentinian fossil, has been difficult to date accurately and was incomplete, lacking the pelvic bones that scientists need to understand its leg and body motion.

Fascination with the effects of electricity and spark discharges on biological systems started with the work of L. Galvani in 1780 with frog legs and the discovery of «animal electricity.»

In 2016, scientists discovered that a population of endangered Sierra Nevada yellow - legged frogs in the U.S. appeared to have developed resistance to Bd after infection by the fungus (together with an influx of non-native trout) nearly wiped them out.

Fried frog legs and duck tongues are still sizzling on the hot plate plonked down in front of me.

Forward bends include not just the basic two - legged seated forward bend but also poses that combine forward bending and hip opening, like Butterfly (a yin version of Baddha Konasana), Half Butterfly (a yin version of Janu Sirsasana), Half Frog Pose (a yin adaptation of Trianga Mukhaikapada Paschimottanasana), Dragonfly (a yin version of Upavistha Konasana), and Snail (a yin version of Halasana).

The study of electricity in muscles probably began as early as the middle of the 1600s, with the discovery of the electric ray fish and experiments using frog legs (Clarys, 1994; Reaz et al. 2006), although it was not until 1792 that it was discovered that electricity could actually produce muscle contractions (Reaz et al. 2006), and 1849, when it was found that electric potential difference (also known as voltage) could be monitored in voluntary muscle actions (Reaz et al. 2006).

Hopper, the villain of the piece, wants the tap - dancing Kermit to become the smiling spokesperson for the doctor's growing chain of restaurants known primarily for their French Fried Frog Legs.

Wacky sight gags, groan inducing puns, what seems like an endless supply of star studded cameos, the required battle with a fried frog's legs lovin» bad guy and a bunch of really great musical numbers soon follow all to hilarious, sometimes humbly sweet results.

Powerpoint presentation with various pictures of all the typical dishes, e.g. frogs» legs and snails - cooked and uncooked!

A child pulls the legs off of a frog.

Why We Like It: The bucket seat design of this carrier ensures your baby will always stay in the frog - leg position, which is the recommended seating position.

Choosing to donate 10 % of your Peace Frog invoice to Texas Humane Heroes of Leander, TX is a great way to help an organization that is dedicated to helping our four - legged community members.

2009 Accomplishments • Restored a 1.4 - acre area adjacent to the existing tidal lagoon to a native brackish wetland • Expanded the tidal lagoon to improve coho salmon and steelhead trout habitat • Created an emergent wetland for California red - legged frog breeding habitat • Reconfigured the southern end of the parking lot to increase natural creek function and reduce flooding

The first phase of this project will reconfigure the southern end of the Muir Beach parking lot to increase the natural creek function and improve the passage of high flows during storm events and also create a pond for the threatened California red - legged frog.

Future Actions • Additional wetland and creek restoration • Creation of additional ponds for California red - legged frogs • Permanent parking lot reconfiguration • Construction of a new Pacific Way Bridge and adjacent, multi-use, and accessible trail • Re-design of Coastal Trail alignment • Installation of new bathroom and other visitor amenities near the existing parking lot

Keep your eyes peeled for a sight of the rare California red - legged frogs, popularized in Mark Twain's short story «The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County».

This winter biologists are hard at work monitoring the health of California red - legged frog populations by taking inventory of their egg masses.

California Red Legged Frog >> The native California red - legged frog (Rana draytonii) has been eliminated from 70 percent of its former range, and is federally listed as a threatened spLegged Frog >> The native California red - legged frog (Rana draytonii) has been eliminated from 70 percent of its former range, and is federally listed as a threatened specFrog >> The native California red - legged frog (Rana draytonii) has been eliminated from 70 percent of its former range, and is federally listed as a threatened splegged frog (Rana draytonii) has been eliminated from 70 percent of its former range, and is federally listed as a threatened specfrog (Rana draytonii) has been eliminated from 70 percent of its former range, and is federally listed as a threatened species.

A bustling hive of activity, Cuneo's food market is a heady buzz of scents and smells, from butter - fried frogs» legs and egg - rich ravioli to mature blue cheeses and soft - baked breads.

Should Escargots de Bourgogne (snails in garlic butter) or cuisses de grenouille (frogs legs) not be to your taste there are countless other French classic dishes and specialities to enjoy such as baked Camembert cheese, Moules Marinières; mussels cooked in a white wine broth; Soupe à L'oignon; an onion soup traditionally served with a unique crust; Cassoulet; a popular stew of duck and beans and Bouillabaisse; a colourful stew of fish and shellfish flavoured with saffron.

This is part of the Parks Conservancy's long - term partnership with the National Park Service to restore the entire Redwood Creek Watershed, into Muir Woods and Dias Ridge, to protect wetland habitat for threatened and endangered species, such as Coho salmon and California red - legged frog.

Unfortunately, I ended up feeling that Mordecai and Rigby in 8 - bit Land was as bare as a chicken leg that has been reduced to the bone: players just run around as either Mordecai or Rigby (you can switch between them freely with the press of a button), collecting cash and stomping on uninspired enemies that you can sometimes jump on and sometimes not (the game wasn't clear on the whole «jumping on this guy will actually hurt you, but this guy is totally cool to leap frog onto»).

Charting humanity's history of believing God created lightning to the futuristic Masdar city in Abu Dhabi, via experiments with twitching frogs legs and the construction of the National Grid.