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Boas and Pythons of the World
However, leglessness is not only the preserve of boas, pythons and other snakes
. There are other reptiles, and even a few amphibians, that also exhibit
limblessness and which may serve as examples of convergent evolution with the
serpents ...
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Placing Animals in the Neolithic: Social Zooarchaeology of ...
Animal bone assemblages from individual features were characterised by the
leglessness model of cattle anatomical segment distribution, indicative of a
peculiar communal consumption mode, and marrow consumption, both typical for
the ...
Arkadiusz Marciniak,
2005
However, leglessness is not only the preserve of boas, pythons and other snakes
. There are other reptiles, and even a few amphibians, that also exhibit
limblessness and which may serve as examples of convergent evolution with the
serpents ...
Michael Kilburn, Mike Kilburn,
2002
... and handle the hot firebricks This piece of pipe was originally eighteen feet
long. Nitro-glycerin. Who needs legs anyway? This novel vehicle is a poilu's idea
for circumventing leglessness Showing the cotton-picking machine in operation.
5
This is Not a President: Sense, Nonsense, and the American ...
After surviving anthrax in Stallion Road, he comes down with viral pneumonia in “
real life.” In this reading, his roles become “precreations” of his life as his
dependence and domesticity (especially his leglessness) become en-abimes ...
6
The Evolution of Social Wasps
Leglessness and larval insectivory have been described as coadapted traits (
Vilhelmsen 2003), although leglessness was preceded by leg reduction in larvae
of the stemboring Cephidae and the wood-feeding Siricoidea and Xiphydriidae ...
St. Louis James H. Hunt Professor of Biology University of Missouri,
2007
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Foundations of Biogeography: Classic Papers with Commentaries
The instances studied by Kramer suggest that lack of predators and smaller
spaces on small islets lower the selective value of long, agile limbs suited to
evasive tactics. (3) Change to new habits may result in leglessness. This trend is
shown ...
Mark V. Lomolino, Dov F. Sax, James H. Brown,
2004
In other words, Connolly's starers often engage him in composing a story for
themselves that explains his leglessness. In Bosnia, someone thought he was a
landmine victim; in Romania, a gypsy vagabond; in Ukraine, a beggar; in New ...
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson,
2009
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Vertebrate Zoology: An Experimental Field Approach
Leglessness raises the question of an interesting trend among lizards. It has
evolved independently in nine different groups of Lacertilia. Many legless lizards
are fossorial, burrowing in sand or loose soil. Two possible reasons for the
repeated ...
10
Nage Birds:Ethnozoological Cla
The nightjar provides a good illustration of how local knowledge of a bird,
including in this case a quasi-empirical characteristic, contributes to its symbolic
value. The nightjar's notional leglessness constitutes its 'simple distinctive feature
'.
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The Mother of All Snakes Looked Surprisingly Modern
Some experts think leglessness gave snakes an advantage for stealth hunting or burrowing. Other recent research suggests something entirely ... «Smithsonian, 五月 15»
Ashland Musical Variety Show set to open March 19
... which is quite possibly the only production since the dawn of mankind bold enough to attempt a can-can of such unbridled leglessness. «Hanover Herald Progress, 三月 15»
Fossils of oldest known snakes unearthed
(Leglessness doth not a snake make: There are, in fact, legless lizards today.) The wide distribution of the four new species, as well as their ... «Science AAAS, 一月 15»
Remembering Rocky's lesson
... which prompted him to wonder dryly which part of cancer and leglessness wasn't adequately convincing. To get back in good with welfare, ... «Winnipeg Free Press, 十一月 14»
Oscar's battle with his body
“There is a whole layer of meaning to the trial that has to do with his leglessness; there is no way that an able-bodied person can assume to ... «Independent Online, 七月 14»
Two footmen rule the Sovereign
And just as well because on this morn, there were fewer legs on an octopus than in our bed, somewhat ironic given the leglessness involved. «Star Observer, 三月 14»
Wendy Hoose
While her state of leglessness is both a source of pathos and humour, her arguments against Jake's prejudice are articulate and lack self-pity. «The List, 三月 14»
Laneway Festival A to Z Survival Guide
Avoid: Leglessness. It's a Big Day Out so don't burn out by 3pm and wonder why you missed The Jezabels playing The End. I've certainly never ... «NEWS.com.au, 一月 14»
That bug does what?
It's considered a true fly because of its leglessness. Hudson finds it interesting because it has antennae that are not used to collect information, ... «Capital city weekly, 十月 13»
Provodnikov Did NOT knock Bradley down in the first
The push was minimal, and Bradley only went down because Provodnikov had previously punched Bradley into a state of leglessness, ... «BoxingNews24.com, 三月 13»