Sentences with phrase «on giant insects»

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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.

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.

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.

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.

I love taking on the alien Ravagers, easily mangling giant insects, crippling robot Hectors, and menacing drop ships.

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.

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.

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.

The idea is essentially that an alien menace is dead set on invading Earth with giant ants, spiders and other creepy insects, also throwing in giant robots and flying saucers into the mix for good measure to make things even more B - movie - like.

That's right, as «Major 6» or «Major 12» (they really dug deep on character names) scream about «fighting giant insects» you are also treated to the radio play of War of the Worlds.

The over-the-top third - person shooter that has players defending earth against giant insects originated as a game in D3 Publisher's line of budget titles, and has gained a dedicated following since the original outing released on PlayStation 2.

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.»

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

Likewise, new enemies are, by and large, variants on Souls archetypes — powerful knights, skittering insects, giants, surreal monsters cobbled together from random parts and, of course, dragons and their kin.

You can isolate the elements of a great Gorky: the decoupling of colour from line, the trademark shapes, from winged biomorphs to quirky triangles, their points on the verge of bursting open; the sense of being nose - deep in a scene that might be scaled to an insect or a giant, being equally intimate and epic; of teeming incidents held in nebulous space.

The first edition of the Yokohama Triennale, for example, featured Tsubaki Noboru and Muroi Hisashi's suspended giant grasshopper The Insect World / Locust that was hung outside Yokohama's Grand Intercontinental Hotel; Anita Dube's sombre installation His Master's Voice, which meditated on India's modern history through its array of furniture covered in a thick layer of dusk, and Cai Guo - Qiang's Fireworks from Heaven, which featured reclining massage chairs from which viewers gazed on a display of artificial fireworks.

Her dissected wet suits, strung up on wire inside metal frameworks that look like glassless aquariums, suggest exoskeletons of some highly evolved giant insects or a new biological breed.

Giant fantastical insects, an enormous head manufactured from incense ash, a huge naked girl sitting open - legged on a giant stool, creepy paintings of fey party cadres, and of Mao hanging out with the Queen Mother attempt to outdo one another, in room after Giant fantastical insects, an enormous head manufactured from incense ash, a huge naked girl sitting open - legged on a giant stool, creepy paintings of fey party cadres, and of Mao hanging out with the Queen Mother attempt to outdo one another, in room after giant stool, creepy paintings of fey party cadres, and of Mao hanging out with the Queen Mother attempt to outdo one another, in room after room.

Evidently a daring foodie, he organized an insect - eating night on Valentine's Day this year that had people drinking cocktails out of cockroach - garnished glasses, dipping beetles into chocolate fondue, and savoring whipped cream that included the internal fluids of giant Thai water bugs, known for their sweet taste.

NPR Krulwich Wonders — Six - Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years — Robert Krulwich — A great story: a giant insect discovered on a weird island called Ball's Pyramid in the Pacific off AustrGiant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years — Robert Krulwich — A great story: a giant insect discovered on a weird island called Ball's Pyramid in the Pacific off Austrgiant insect discovered on a weird island called Ball's Pyramid in the Pacific off Australia.