Sentences with phrase «of snake skin»

I wore them with a pair of light wash + ripped up flares, a dark denim shirt (hello, 70's Canadian - style tuxedo), and a pair of snake skin pumps.

Not exact matches

The host of CNN's Somebody's Got ta Do It has scraped cloth diapers clean, wrangled poisonous snakes and blown up dead cows to separate the skin from the meat, and that's not even the half of it.

It is interesting to note, however, that one of the more common Jewish explanations of this text is that the skin which Adam and Eve were clothed with was snake skin.

The more a man of his own accord declares the wrong that he has done, the more he is freed from that wrong like a snake from his skin.»

Yet, perhaps the most potentially repulsive, at least for Western tastes, of grilled meats are found in small poor villages in rural areas: snakes grilled whole, and, on a more intense level, monitor lizards (there are six feet - long lizards, thick as an arm) which are skinned and grilled.

Common garter snakes, along with four other snake species, have evolved the ability to eat extremely toxic species such as the rough - skinned newt — amphibians that would kill a human predator — thanks to at least 100 million years of evolution, according to Joel McGlothlin, an assistant professor of biological sciences in the College of Science and a Fralin Life Science Institute affiliate.

He also wondered if an observed increase in algae that adhere to the snakes» skin might also be a sign of arsenic poisoning.

The repeating pattern of high contrast seen in clusters of holes, for example, is similar to the pattern on the skin of many snakes and the pattern made by a spider's dark legs against a lighter background.

They all point in the same direction — toward the tail end of the snake — and their ends are raised about 200 nanometers off the skin, allowing for a smooth glide forward but stopping any backward motion, like a row of one - way traffic spikes.

Here (from left to right), they're shown on the embryonic skin of a mouse, a snake, a chicken and a Nile crocodile.

The research shows how the snake uses its slender shape to move smoothly through the sand, and how its slippery skin reduces friction — both providing locomotive advantages over another sand - swimmer: the sandfish lizard native to the Sahara Desert of northern Africa.

The shovel - nosed snake, which is found in the Mojave Desert of the southeast United States, has an elongated body and low - friction skin, which allow it to swim through sand rapidly and efficiently.

The snake's skin is also more slippery than that of the sandfish, further reducing the amount of energy required to move through the sand.

The theory predicted that the snakes» skin would have about half as much friction as that of the sandfish, and that prediction was verified experimentally.

The clawing and biting of hawks and other predators most likely rips the skin and lets the poison ooze out, potentially blinding the snake's attackers, says herpetologist Deborah Hutchinson of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. «It might not kill the predator but it would be noxious enough to deter predation,» she says.

Some R. tigrinus snakes carry toxins called bufadienolides in their nuchal glands, sacks located under a ridge of skin along their upper necks.

For years, the fungus Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola was the suspected culprit behind the disease, but scientists couldn't tell whether the pathogen was causing the skin lesions they were seeing on dead snakes or if the fungus had just taken advantage of lesions that were there from some other cause.

In contrast, activation of neurons that responded to snake skin, a predator cue that elicits defensive behaviors, in the same brain area showed no change in sexual behaviors.

For example, he learned that young pine snakes begin feeding on adult mammals — small ones, such as mice — within the first two months of life and they shed their skin multiple times within their first season.

Heatley says snakes are becoming more active and many are changing out of their skin — and that can reveal a key clue.

Now, a new study suggests the Calabar's skin may be thicker and harder to pierce than that of any other snake.

The researchers found that Calabar skin was 15 times thicker and orders of magnitude harder to pierce than that of any other snake tested, they report in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Morphology.

Caused by the fungus Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, snake fungal disease (SFD) can lead to symptoms including skin lesions, scabs and crusty scales, which can contribute to the death of the infected animal in some cases.

The one gene - one pill - one ill model of random bad luck is a skin this snake has shed.

I wasn't sure if the snake skin would go with the rest of the dress.

I've chosen a pair of classic low heeled pumps in blush pink, and a pair of neutral, high heeled strappy colour blocked snake skin sandals.

It's hard to tame a man that loves hunting and fishing and bringing him to a level where we can't have snake skin and deer heads hanging in every spot of our home.

Once I made a red velvet cake for my BIL like a coiled snake, with fondant that looked like a skin of a yellow python with head and everything.

And sure enough, two weeks later it was time for the concert and the next thing I knew my mom was riding down the stairs (we had one of those stair lifts for her to get up and down the stairs) in those pleather snake skin pants and that glitter top and she looked beautiful.

The shoes were very party style made of leather and snake skin.

Python print (or snake - skin) will always be considered classic but has some edge to it... I'll looking to buy a couple of the snake - y pieces as investment pieces for my closet that will be worn season after season.

We see a dressy look that consists of a blush blazer, snake - skin shirt tucked in white skinny pants.

Which is good news for the girl who needs her snake - skin dusters, military coats and snug knit dresses for the final few weeks of winter.

The following street style collection is full of amazing warm - weather - ready frocks completed in abstract patterns, geometrics, florals, plaids, chevrons, Aztec prints, watercolor florals, leopard spots, damask details and snake - skin prints.

Snake skin has long - time been go - to pattern for me, back to my first, beloved pair of pointy - toe, low - heeled Brass Plum pumps purchased in college.

Dark gray flyaway front cardigan on top of the lightweight heather gray pullover sweater with the black snake - skin patterned jeans and black boots.

The sides and handles of the bag is made from brown color grain textured unique pattern e-leather, which also matches and compliments the scales of python snake skin e-leather.

Rodial Snake Serum O2 * — This serum is super-fast-absorbing and delivers moisture and has helped to keep my skin really hydrated, all the while optimizing and boosting the efficacy of my moisturizer.

PIKOLINOS Women's Zaragoza Leather Ankle Boots. An eye - catching pair of classic ankle boots featuring a combination of semi-vegetable tanned smooth, grain and snake skin texture leather uppers.

Kendall Jenner put plenty of skin on display in a sheer, snake - embellished gown by Roberto Cavalli Couture at the Cannes premiere of «From the Land of the Moon.»

Carlos Falchi Signature multi «shades of browns» multi skins such as snake and lizard makes for a wonderful clutch.

It's no secret, the skin pattern of leopard, cheetah, zebra, tiger, crocodile, and snake make anyone look special.

I am guilty of possessing countless articles of clothing fully emblazoned with cheetah spots, leopard rosettes, zebra stripes and snake skin prints.

► After a man follows a woman into a dark room we see him walking into what looks like a pool of liquid and then disappears under the surface; we see the man floating under the surface and we see another man whose flesh is bloated and loose, the second man reaches for the other man and touches his hand before he pops and his flesh (it looks like a snake skin) billows in the liquid.

This series takes an all - angles look at the booming business of skin, from snake - charmer pimps to hardy working girls like Maggie Gyllenhaal's streetwalker with moviemaking ambitions.

With a set number of options available each round, and with each action incurring a «cost» in time accumulated before Snake can take another turn, reactionary playing rarely pays, and skin - of - your - teeth escapes are few and far between.

Which will permanently remove the lump of metal from our Snake's head, and lets his glorious mullet flow freely, but there is drawback that you'll never able to use the Robotic Arm Moves with this Model / Skin.

Kojima has posted some more pictures of the Metal Gear Solid snake skin 3DS.

If you were a caveman and you encountered a poisonous snake, overthinking the pretty pattern of its skin or the sharpness of its fangs would increase the risk of being harmed.

With that in mind, Dartz has set out to create a one - of - a-kind Bentley Continental GT W12 which is covered entirely in snake's skin.