Sentences with phrase «snake by its tail»

Not exact matches

The ground squirrel will inform the hawk that it is aware of the hawk by verbalizing loudly and if a snake was near by the ground squirrel will not make a sound but will puff - up it's tail with blood so the snake can see the heat.

Measurements made by former Ph.D. student Sarah Sharpe revealed that the snake propagates traveling waves down its body, from head to tail, creating a body curvature and a number of waves along its body that enhance its movement through the sand.

The other, more controversial idea, is that the snakes developed a callus on their tail from shaking it against the rough ground, and if the propensity to develop a callus was affected by genetic variability, it would be selected for until the structure underwent «genetic assimilation», and the rattle would form without the need for irritating the skin.

It's snake - eating - its - own - tail stuff, certainly, and only 24 hours on, hasn't lingered much in the memory, but it's charming, moving, and when it's focused on the creative back - and - forth between Poppins creator P.L. Travers, played by Emma Thompson (in her best performance in years), and the Disney creative team, it's legitimately insightful.

To this end, the new Super Snake puffs its chest with an engine compartment plaque signed by the build team mounted under the hood, as well as unique grilles, rockers and rocker splitters, plus a unique hood, front splitter, rear spoiler, rear tail panel, rear diffuser and lower rear splitter, all finished off with the trappings of 50th anniversary badges and stripes.

But in spite of starting with a clean sheet, the Leaf is visually differentiated from other compact hatchbacks by weird details like its serpentine tail lamps snaking their way up the cars C - pillars and blue - tinted chrome.

Mary Beth Edelson, «Write By The Tail / Bite The Tail / I Bite / Belly Snakes (Woman Rising series)», 1973, Oil, ink, china marker, and collage on silver gelatin print, Image Dimensions: 10 x 8 inches, 25.4 x 20.3 cm, Framed Dimensions: 17 x 15 x 1 3/4 inches, 43.2 x 38.1 x 4.4 cm, MBE460

So here's a snippet of video of a remarkable behavior by a red - tailed green rat snake that I shot during a visit in late June to the rain forest exhibition at the California Academy of Sciences.

Frederick Kekule's discovered the structure of benzene by dreaming of a snake coiled and biting its tail.