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The deer mice native to Andes highlands (up to 3,000 m (9,800 ft)) are found to have relatively low hemoglobin content. [41] Measurement of food intake, gut mass, and cardiopulmonary organ mass indicated proportional increases in mice living at high altitudes, which in turn show that life at high altitudes demands higher levels of energy. [42]
He described it as having a head 14 feet wide and a body stretching over 600 feet. [1] In the 1980s, multiple reports of an unidentified creature in Lake Tahoe emerged from witnesses, including hikers, an optician, and local law enforcement. They described a large, dark figure moving beneath the water’s surface, often creating a noticeable wake.
The Dutch graphic artist M. C. Escher illustrated a rolling creature of his own invention in a 1951 lithograph. [67] Rolling creatures are also featured in works by comic author Carl Barks, [68] science fiction writers Fredric Brown, [69] George R. R. Martin, [70] and Joan Slonczewski, [71] [72] and in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series ...
The jellyfish has been found at depths of about 2,700 feet to 2,800 feet down, the study said. ... about 600 miles southeast of Tokyo. ... Cube-shaped creature with 24 eyes discovered hiding in ...
The vocalizations of the greater roadrunner have seven distinct variants. The most frequent call is a slow and descending sequence of about six low, "cooing" noises, emitted by the male and which is heard at 820 feet (250 m). [20] This call is usually made early in the morning, from a high perch such as a fence post, dead tree or cactus.
A spatial genetic analysis estimated that a specimen of Armillaria ostoyae growing over 91 acres (37 ha) in northern Michigan, United States weighs 440 tons (4 x 10 5 kg). [ 29 ] [ 30 ] In Armillaria ostoyae , each individual mushroom (the fruiting body, similar to a flower on a plant) has only a 5 cm (2.0 in) stipe, and a pileus up to 12.5 cm ...
It has an “elongated,” tube-shaped body with 20 tentacles and over 70 tube feet. Sea cucumbers use these feet-like projections to suction onto surfaces and move around, according to the ...
Other crocodiles can also grow to large sizes, such the Mugger crocodile, which typically reaches an average maximum length of 4–5 m (13–16 ft), and has a maximum reported length of 5.63 m (18.5 ft). The extinct Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni was the largest species in its genus, growing up to 7.56 m (24.8 ft) in length. [121]