Sentences with phrase «of giant insects»

Using the help of the Giant Insects that had laid dormant for the last eight years, the Ravagers expected an easy victory over the humans.

I mean, there is nothing sweeter than blowing up a huge group of giant insects and watching them careening through the air or taking down a 60 - foot - tall robot and feeling a sense of pride as it explodes.

Regularly compared to Dynasty Warriors, which just so happens to be my favorite series, Earth Defense Force is a series of unapologetically camp games in which you mindlessly shoot at hundreds of giant insects over and over again.

Prepare to vaporize thousands of Giant Insects and don't let those pesky buildings stand in your way.

Hundreds of giant insects and aliens on - screen, and with hundreds of high performance weapons to collect

Add to that the presence of mechanized steampunk golems, knights riding upon the backs of giant insects, and a spell system that's based on psychic powers instead of Merlin - style magic, and you realize you're a long way from the usual Tolkien retreads... 4 / 5.»

But then there are giant alien robots, flying alien drones, motherships, and more varieties of giant insects just for good measure.

In one of the rooms, a group of mechanical baby - rockers, adorned with organically shaped, semi-transparent sheets of resin, move to a regular rhythm, like the zombified larvae of a giant insect.

Not exact matches

It includes the Stromatolites from the Precambrian (colonies of prokaryotic bacteria), the Ediacara fossils from South Australia, the Cambrian species of the Burgess shale (circa — 450 million years) the giant insects of the Devonian period, the many precursors to the dinosaurs, the dinosaurs themselves, the subsequent dominant mammals, including the Saber Tooth Tiger, the Mammoths, the fossils of early man in Africa, the Neanderthals of Europe.

The fossil record includes the Stromatolites, colonies of prokaryotic bacteria, that range in age going back to about 3 billion years, the Ediacara fossils from South Australia, widely regarded as among the earliest multi-celled organisms, the Cambrian species of the Burgess shale in Canada (circa — 450 million years ago) the giant scorpions of the Silurian Period, the giant, wingless insects of the Devonian period, the insects, amphibians, reptiles, fishes, clams, crustaceans of the Carboniferous Period, the many precursors to the dinosaurs, the 700 odd known species of dinosaurs themselves, the subsequent dominant mammals, including the saber tooth tiger, the mammoths and hairy rhinoceros of North America and Asia, the fossils of early man in Africa and the Neanderthals of Europe.

On lakes and rivers across the country, fleets of skinny boats will skitter over the water like giant insects, their wooden legs moving in unison.

In March 2013, 30 years after the only Extinct DNA Study Group meeting, Hendrik strolled onstage before a standing - room - only crowd at the TEDx conference on de-extinction in Washington, D.C. With an image of an amber - ensconced insect from Jurassic Park on a giant screen behind him, Hendrik described how he and his father used to imagine long - gone insects waking up and crawling out of the resin.

The giant water bug, or Lethocerus indicus, a three - inch - long South Asian insect that looks uncannily like a local cockroach, is just one of the items on the menu of this bug - eating bacchanal.

If others can achieve the kind of efficiency that Gantz and Bier did, researchers could make a giant leap in wiping out insect - borne diseases.

Professor Andrew Scott, one of the lead authors, said: «High oxygen levels in the atmosphere at this time has been proposed for some time and may be why there were giant insects and arthropods at this time but our research indicates that there was a significant impact on the prevalence and scale of wildfires across the globe and this would have affected not only the ecology of the plants and animals but also their evolution.»

Then, in 1964, rock climbers found the dried - out remains of a giant stick insect on Ball's Pyramid, an 1,800 - foot - tall spire of volcanic rock 14 miles from Lord Howe Island.

He scoured the Internet for help, but no one knew anything about the veterinary care of giant stick insects!

A species of stick insects, the giant leaf insect is a large and docile bug that uses cryptic coloration to avoid predators.

Mothra Field, Pacific Ocean Named after the infamous giant - insect monster of Japanese horror films, the Mothra Field is even more astonishing than its cinematic namesake.

It's the first well - documented example of an organism using body shape to confuse predators that use echolocation, the researchers say — the equivalent of fish and insects that display giant eyespots for visual trickery.

Last summer, agribusiness giant Syngenta, based in Basel, Switzerland, conducted the first field trials of maize (corn) containing engineered mini-chromosomes, and showed that the mini-chromosomes, which carried multiple genes for insect and herbicide resistance, were stable in the field.

In 15 years he has led 170 expeditions and documented more than 500 previously unknown species of creatures, including Microgale nasoloi, a tiny hedgehog - like tenrec that feeds on insects and scurries about the forest floor; Heteroscorpion magnus, a giant scorpion that hides in rock crevices in the northeastern part of the island; and Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi, a tiny, sparrowlike warbler that lives high in the forest canopy.

In the creeks and ponds of the world — including America — lives an insect that can reach four inches long and bears a pair of giant pincers and a beak for injective digestive enzymes into its victim.

Beware the Giant Paintbrush, Little Insect Way, way down in the southeast corner of Alaska lies Prince of Wales Island, the fourth largest in the United States.

One of the goliaths of the insect world, the atlas moth is a gentle giant — but behind every oversized moth is a very hungry caterpillar.

I've always been a target for mosquitos when I am outside (thus my obsession with natural bug spray recipes), but this year, it seems like there is a giant insect conspiracy to dive bomb and infiltrate every door of our house the second it is open (which is every other second with our kids).

Synopsis: In the distant future, the Earth is at war with a race of giant alien insects.

In the latest incarnation of the series, Monster Hunter 4 players will be able to wield not just one, but two new weapons with which to combat giant predators: The Insect...

D3Publisher's portable port of PS2 giant insect shooter knocks latest Dragon Quest Monsters from top spot after a single week in stores, PSP retains lead on 3DS sales.

Set after an apocalyptic nightmare in which ugly - ass blind giant insect - y creatures (looking like atomic grasshoppers) have done in most of the planet, Krasinski's film focuses on one family in rural New York who have abandoned their farmhouse to live in the barn where it is easier to control the sounds they make.

Benni Diez's creature feature Stung first left an impression on the genre when he released a concept reel of his killer wasp idea, offering a couple of minutes of a man being chased down by a giant, flying insect.

From Jones» one - liners to an invasive procedure necessitated by a parasitic insect to a creature that looks like a walking bottom to a climax involving a giant space anus, Evolution displays a fixation on the function and uses of the rear end not usually seen outside of gay porno.

The script by del Toro and Matthew Robbins — and, based on the advance material at the time, Steven Soderbergh and John Sayles in uncredited assists — manages to cleverly incorporate elements from mad - scientist movies, giant - insect flicks and traditional monster - on - the - loose tales, and the mere thought of roach - like critters the size of Sylvester Stallone will unnerve anyone with even a hint of a bug phobia.

(Yifu Zhou courtesy Sundance Institute) n image of a much - magnified insect from Yifu Zhou's Micro Giants, which will appe...

(Yifu Zhou courtesy Sundance Institute) n image of a much - magnified insect from Yifu Zhou's Micro Giants, which will appear in the New Frontier VR Experiences program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

As far as 1950s giant insect movies go, this effort by the director of Creature of the Black Lagoon and Incredible Shrinking Man amongst others isn't all that bad.

Giant insects of any kind freak me out but this looks awesome!

The filmmaker, of course, has examined all things otherworldly in his 25 years of making movies; from the vampire drama Cronos and mutant insect chiller Mimic and Hellboy films, to his Gothic horror films Pan's Labyrinth and Crimson Peak, and giant monster epic Pacific Rim.

His superpowers of shrinking down to insect size and becoming superstrong in the process and turning into a giant are also things a super team could put to good use.

During the unit on insects, the children might watch «The Giant Bug Invasion» episode of the PBS Kids show Kratts» Creatures to learn about «exotic bugs such as scorpions, centipedes, tarantulas, and many others.»

On the morning of Education World's visit, Kelly's students were busy summarizing chapters from the book James and the Giant Peach, and researching insects related to the book.

Our Sprinter suddenly feels like an insect in the presence of giants as we follow our little dirt road through Sand Flats Recreation Area and find our campsite for the night.

Stroll past the dozens of stalls serving food to the fascinated tourists excitedly pointing at giant, steaming woks of noodles, dried sticks of skewered insects and whirring blenders filled with local fruits, and you'll find the experience to be an exquisite assault on the senses.

Destroying bugs with rockets was fun, but the second any one insect touches you, you fall to the ground and lose all of your life (or worse, watch helplessly as your character gets thrown about in a giant ant's mouth while not being able to do a damn thing to stop it).

Using the exact same designs for each insect type also was a problem as it makes it very difficult to tell if you are shooting an insect that is dead or alive, especially when facing hordes of giant ants.

The premise behind the game is to ascend a giant tower filled with cliché enemies from classic sci - fi films — man - eating plants, giant insects, and of course the classic stop - motion dinosaurs.

Sure it's low - budget and certainly rough around the edges to say the least, but for fans of the series it's part of the charm behind the series as there isn't many games where you can take control of a weapon and blow up giant insects and robots to smithereens.

Super heroes, zombies, giant insects, aliens, giant eyeballs, infrared vision, satellite maps and hordes of helpless people to rescue.

That certainly has not changed at all this time around with the old B - movie feel still in tact, as you face off against giant insect thats look like they crawled right off of the big screen from a 1950s science fiction movie.

The Earth Defense Force have been rather busy over the years, often being called to defend Earth against all manner of things from giant insects, to lizards and even huge robots.