Sentences with phrase «of poisoned arrows»

Coss» paper grew out of a 2015 study in which he and a former graduate student reported that zebras living near human settlements could not be approached as closely before fleeing as wild horses when they saw a human approaching on foot — staying just outside the effective range of poisoned arrows used by African hunters for at least 24,000 years.

It is assumed that it did not take long between the adoption of bowhunting and the application of poison arrow heads.

Not exact matches

He likened the human situation to that of a man shot by a poisoned arrow.

First he must survive the arrows and poisons of the entrenched Powers That Be in the Vatican and beyond.

To take a dourado you don't have to paddle hundreds of miles up uncharted rivers, risking poisoned arrows, tarantulas or yellow fever.

The use of poison - tipped arrows by a Stone Age man is thought to have stemmed from a lack of technology and stone - tipped arrows often lack the power to directly kill larger animals, such as zebra or buffalo.

Their findings showed that the bone projectile points are likely to have been used for poison arrows, partly due to the slender and short nature of the arrow heads, and partly supported by a previous discovery of charcoal from the Mkunazi plant, which is known to have poisonous fruit.

Although nowadays many San tribes that have used bowhunting and poison arrows in the past have abandoned them due to restrictions, modern tools and change of lifestyle in general, the familiarisation, adoption and development of poison weapons dating back to Ancient times are excellent examples of the cognitive shifts in human evolution.

«Although these San communities live short distances apart, their arrow poisons are diverse, pointing to an incredibly intimate knowledge of their environment,» explain the researchers.

«The discovery of arrow poisons was a significant evolutionary step for humankind, yet we are facing the last opportunity to document arrow - poison use in southern African hunter - gatherer societies.»

Suspecting that Lophiomys imhausi may obtain toxins from chewing on the bark of the poison - arrow plant, acokanthera, Fritz Vollrath of the University of Oxford and his team offered some to a captive animal.

The Baconing isn't completely devoid of enjoyment; occasionally you may stumble upon a fun weapon or two, such as poison arrows or a flamethrower, and the experience system allows you to choose what kind of bonuses to receive with each Level Up (such as faster speed, more health, etc).

There's the vehicular death of Buckley the beagle in The Royal Tenenbaums; the abandonment and Goldblumian slapping of the three - legged Cody in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou; the poisoning of Spitz (another beagle) in Fantastic Mr. Fox; and Anderson «s most notorious canine death, a fox terrier named Snoopy getting fatally run through with an arrow in Moonrise Kingdom.

Add a mirror to reflect the sharp corners of pillars or cabinets back to the object, thereby containing the poison arrows within.

The Chinese turn the corners of the pagodas upward so as to deflect the poison arrows from people who pass by.

It's a tragic comic adventure tale, replete with poison arrows, deadly snakes and rumors of cannibals.

For anyone who is a fan of amphibians (I am talking about frogs here) Corcovado is really a grand place to see the glass frog, poison - arrow frogs, and the rare red - eyed tree frog.

maybe make a rug out of them lol Improved Crafting System from Red Dead Redemption, Make Ammo and Arrows, Fire Arrows, Poison Arrows, repair and upgrade weapons etc. use the resources of the world and animals to improve your gear and weapons, horse gear.

This can be used for combat or hunting animals and you can equip one of many different arrows such as fire, explosive, poison and even a multi-shot.

Once thrust into the game's campaign, players will find that they're not restricted to the conventional classes of most fantasy titles; I was able to cultivate a competent swordsman who could down a distant foe with a single well - placed poison arrow.

Poring over the invading forces» advantages and weaknesses helps with this as you can select fire arrows when your incoming invaders are weak against fire, or poison spouts on your walls for foes that aren't a fan of being poisoned, but it really has limited effect.

After pumping 5 shotgun shells, numerous silent arrows and a bunch of poison cloud arrows later, the bear was finally dead.

These are like the invasion phantoms, but have the same respawn rate as regular mobs and some of these fuckers hurt... I honestly can't kill the one in the Iron Keep near the last Bonfire, and there are offers I have to cheese with poison arrows to pass.

Kill the horde of Skull warriors and collect the ectoplasm to set up towers and defenses whenever the magic stones light up: CATAPULTS, to throw flame to the enemy; BARRICADES, to block the attackers in their path; BARRELS, to shoot fire arrows and explode them in the middle of a skeleton legion; POISON PLANTS, to hit the warriors and slay them slowly while they walk... There are diverse types of magic energy to use at war: LIGHTNING, to defeat targets with metal or steel armor; FIRE, to burn light armor troops and blow up the exploding barrels; ICE, to turn your victims into ice cubes and slow them down; POISON, just one drop and the victim will succumb little by little to its toxic effects; STUN, to shoot and make their heads spin and leave them stupefied; EXPLOSIVE, to send everything flying with its strong TNT head... Use all with the different kind of arrows and do individual, radius or multiple damage.

Contrary to statements made by Sea Shepherd during Bethune's pre-trial jailing in Japan that Bethune had not been authorized to carry a bow and arrow during the Antarctic campaign, Bethune says that the idea was to use to coat the arrows in some sort of poison, fire them into dead whales as they were being transferred for processing.

They each carry a wooden bow and a selection of hand - carved arrows: some with blunt tips to bring down birds without damaging meat, others with sharp steel points laced with poison for large game like zebras and kudus.

But I blame Baird Ellan and the NDP for putting a bullseye squarely on the back of the Canadian judiciary for the Tories to easily hit with a poisoned political arrow.