Sentences with phrase «through gills»

Therefore, it needs to force the entry of water through it's mouth so that it can pass through the gills and out of the gill slits, supplying him with oxygen, meaning that he must swim constantly!

You'd swear Pops breathes through gills, but he actually only started diving in his early 50s — a shining example that you're never too old to give it a go.

They strain plankton from the water as it passes through their gills.

They do this by swimming with their mouth open to obtain large masses of water filled with organisms, and then closes its mouth, the gill rakers are then used to filter the food from the water, whatever organisms do not pass through the gills are eaten.

Anything that doesn't pass through the gills is eaten.

Large specimens frequently inhale a cloud of flakes only to exhale most of it through their gills.

They breathe not only through gills, but also by sticking their mouths above the surface of the water.

What has three eyes, breathes through gills, and may help scientists spot new ways to improve organ transplants?

This cycle is largely controlled by fish, which hold nutrients in their tissue and then excrete them through their gills and urine.

Phosphorus in fish urine and nitrogen excreted through their gills are important nutrients for coral reefs to grow.

This phosphorus, along with nitrogen excreted as ammonium through the gills of fish, is crucial to the survival and growth of coral reefs.

The fish carry a set of enzymes that, when oxygen levels drop, helps convert carbohydrates into alcohol that can be released through the gills.

The flaps first appeared some 300 million years ago in the sea creatures that climbed out of the water onto land and breathed with lungs rather than through gills.

Further sleuthing revealed Pseudo-nitzschia australis remains and domoic acid in the bay's anchovies, which feed on algae by filtering water through their gills.

Interestingly, Harry is seen swimming with his mouth closed, which is not how gills work — the students suggest that if Harry were to open his mouth to allow water into his throat and out through the gills, it may be plausible he could breathe underwater.

Not exact matches

Some sharks must constantly keep moving, so oxygenated water is always moving over their gills, so even when their sleeping they glide through the water.

Trim the stalk down so it is level with the rest of the mushroom, stick a small knife through the cap of each mushroom 3 - 4 times, don't go mad just prick through to let the juices run out when they are baking and place gill side up in a baking tray (no need to oil or line).

Highbury is packed to the gills with this history: Herbert Chapman leading out his groundbreaking Arsenal side through the marble hallways.

The effects of cocaine on peripheral nerves — due to rapid uptake through the skin and gills — thus appear to override any potential effects on the brain.

Water flows through the 40 - inch (1 meter) wide mouth of a giant manta and over the ray's gill arches, the white triangular parts running across the bottom and top of its mouth, five on each side.

Gillis and colleagues used embryos of the little skate to track early gill development through cell tracing.

«Gills provided vertebrates with specialist breathing organs in their head, rather than having to respire exclusively through skin all over the body.

«These findings demonstrate a single origin of gills that likely corresponds with a key stage in vertebrate evolution: when some of our earliest relatives transitioned from filtering particles out of water pumped through static bodies to actively swimming through the oceans,» says lead author Dr Andrew Gillis, a Royal Society University Research Fellow in Cambridge's Department of Zoology, and a Whitman Investigator at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, US.

It can supplement or replace breathing through lungs or gills.

Larval fish can exchange ions through their skin, and early fish likely used rudimentary gill structures known as branchial baskets.

Unlike most amphibians, the mud - colored salamander retained its tadpole form into adulthood, breathed through feathery gills jutting out of the sides of its head, and lived only in a handful of lakes in central Mexico.

Sea spiders also have an unusual need to move oxygen from their extremities to the core of their bodies because they lack gills, and most oxygen is taken up by diffusion through the surface of their long legs.

His worst nightmare comes to life when a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and begins tearing through the city, leaving nothing but destruction in its wake.

The 19th movie in the now - decade old MCU is, after all, high - calorie blockbuster filmmaking, stuffed to the gills with city - levelling chaos (St Giles» Cathedral takes a bit of a battering) and so many above - the - title movie stars you could burn through the word count of a review just listing them.

Jones projects similar forces of feeling through the scales and tactile grunts of the gill - man, his animal nature honoured yet never diluted for smooth consumption.

Derived directly from our race cars, Curlicue is a gill - like vent incorporated into each front wheel arch lining, extracting high - pressure air and reducing unwanted front - end aerodynamic lift.On the DB11 Coupe, the Aston Martin Aeroblade ™ harnesses airflow along its flanks and through its integral C - duct feature to enhance stability at the rear.

However, they are not connected to the air conditioning system, instead, they suck air through side gills and direct it towards the passengers

In Germany we'd drive through wine country, my father picking small hotels in tiny vineyard villages, the car packed to the gills with local vintages to take home.

If they get hungry, they will go after each other's legs and gills, and, while they do regrow, who would want to put the little guys through that?

We walked through restaurant after restaurant after restaurant full to the gills with people eating dog.

Whale sharks are filter feeders who sieve their tiny food through their large gills.

Water taken in through the siphon, passes over the gills where food particles are removed and digested.

Twelve months ago we were Food Festival virgins — which means we didn't realise that trying to steer a buggy full of sleepy toddler through the impossibly crowded streets of this little town on a Saturday — let alone through the quirkily - decorated market hall which was packed to the gills with fellow foodies — was a pointless task.

I'm here to sift the gold from the rubbish, however: Dynasty Warriors 9 has a soundtrack packed to the gills with wailing guitars, and so if you are looking for some tunes to help you power through at the gym or accompany a montage of you training to become a prizefighter, go sample this score immediately.

This edition was created exclusively for the Whitechapel Gallery to accompany Gauri Gills inclusion in the Exhibition Where three Dreams Cross, 2009 - a landmark exhibition which gave an inside view of how modern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh have been shaped through the lens of their photographers.

Aquatic forms may exchange gases through the body wall or they may have various kinds of gills.

Green features of The Q include rooftop solar panels that power common areas, low - E glazing, and operable windows that allow for light and air to enter the building through «gill slits,» or angled fins, on the building's north facade.