Sentences with phrase «terrestrial animals on»

Howler monkeys are about the size of a small dog, weighing around seven kilos, yet they are among the loudest terrestrial animals on the planet, and can roar at a similar acoustic frequency to tigers.

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Finally, the most absurd feature of your scenario is the idea that any extraterrestrial creature would just happen to have, first, DNA as it's basic molecule of biological information storage, second, cellular machinery anywhere remotely similar to what animals on Earth have, and finally, would just happen to be close enough genetically to be able to mix their DNA with the DNA of any terrestrial being, and come out with a viable result.

Overall, Germany already tightly regulates research on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and animals in general, and is unlikely to tighten that further under a new government, says Tobias Erb, a director at Germany's Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg.

The wildebeest migration is the largest terrestrial migration on the planet, and others of its kind have largely disappeared as humans have killed off animals or cut off their migration routes.

To produce these efficiency estimates, the research team collected data on variables including feed composition, feed conversion ratios, edible portions and nutritional content of major farmed terrestrial and aquatic animal species.

Using data from several sources on 162 terrestrial animals and plants unique (endemic) to the Albertine Rift, the researchers used ecological niche modeling (computer models) to determine the extent of habitat already lost due to agriculture, and to estimate the future loss of habitat as a result of climate change.

Animals that live in the sea have ratios of carbon and nitrogen isotopes that differ from those found in terrestrial animals, and this isotopic signature is passed on to the people who eaAnimals that live in the sea have ratios of carbon and nitrogen isotopes that differ from those found in terrestrial animals, and this isotopic signature is passed on to the people who eaanimals, and this isotopic signature is passed on to the people who eat them.

The scientist from Tübingen reached the conclusion that, on the one hand, modern man was the cause of these giant terrestrial animals» extinction, and on the other hand, humans took over part of the animals» ecosystem functions.

It was apparently — based on the eels» behavior — this conductor approaching them, sticking out of the water is apparently sort of the hallmark features of some terrestrial animal that's entered into their domain.

Mercury accumulates in aquatic and terrestrial food chains, and has harmful neurological and reproductive effects on animals.

Among the most serious threats to ocean wildlife is climate change, which according to the scientists is degrading marine wildlife habitats and has a greater impact on these animals than it does on terrestrial fauna.

As compared with saltwater and terrestrial animals, freshwater species are particularly vulnerable because many depend on small, local water bodies.

Current research focusing on terrestrial animals includes several studies on the island fox, one on the role of deer mice in affecting vegetation community recovery, and one on the response of lizards to the removal of rats on Anacapa.

Anthropogenic noise increases fish mortality by predation Noise - generating human activities affect hearing, communication and movement in terrestrial and aquatic animals, but direct evidence for impacts on survival is rare.

The implication is that Life On Earth, including gymnosperms, angiosperms, and all terrestrial animals, evolved in much warmer global climates than today.

Fundamentally, no terrestrial civilization can be anything else but a solar society dependent on the Sun's radiation, which energizes a habitable biosphere and produces all of our food, animal feed and wood.