Sentences with phrase «wide snouts»

Overall, predators with wide snouts and relatively large, robust skulls, such as crocodiles and orcas, are built to resist the stresses of grabbing and holding sizable, struggling prey, the team reports today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Most domesticated mammals, including dogs, tend to have smaller bodies than their wild counterparts, with smaller skulls that have shorter, wider snouts and shorter, lower jaws.
Today, even upper - latitude, «wolfish» varieties like huskies have shorter, wider snouts, and shorter braincases, than wolves — traits typical of domestication syndrome.
The critically endangered hawksbill turtle, with its almond eyes, black spots and hooked beak, rests on the reefs feeding on these sponges while the vulnerable dugong, a flabby mammal with a wide snout and dolphin-esque tail, circles lagoons, feeding on the reef's seagrasses.

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The snout can bend up and down independently of the skull, thus allowing Shuvuuia's mouth to open wider.
Germonpré's 2009 assessment of the Goyet canid was largely based on the measurement of observable physical traits, such as the comparatively wide skull and snout, more doglike than wolfish.
The short snout and wide braincase of a canid skull (top) found in Belgium's Goyet Cave, in comparison with two ancient wolves found in nearby caves (middle, bottom), led scientists to claim the Goyet bones are from a 36,000 - year - old dog.
The Mercedes is not only a touch wider and a substantial 5.2 inches longer, it also has a phallic snout that positions the driver farther back in the aluminum spaceframe cradle.
This foundation Rottweiler had a slender long snout, wider top skull, long body, and long legs.
The head is wide and it features a trapezoidal snout.
Their head is wide and square, they have a short snout and it is also square.
The Bull Terrier has a wide head and a short snout, along with a smooth coat that comes in a range of different colors.
Fits Snout is a measurement of each muzzle inside the basket at the wide «band» part that sits on the nose
The patented Pet Travel Mug is shaped to fit perfectly in cup holders while providing a wide opening for the biggest of snouts.
SitStay.com has a wide variety such as Bully Sticks, Puffed Pig Snouts, Flossies and Porky Jerky Pumpers.
Badgers are wide - bodied and short - legged with longer snouts, rounder ears, strong jaws and claws suited to digging burrows.
It has a wide and flat head, a rounded snout and small eyes and it's color includes light yellow stripes and large white dots on a dark gray skin.
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