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The rut tends to last somewhere between 20 and 45 days. [13] This varies on latitude, which affects the timing of spring and autumn and which can give elk a longer calving season and a longer rut. [14] During the rut, elk frequently use areas around fresh water, and tend to bed in heavy timber five to six hours per day.
The muskox (Ovibos moschatus) [a] [b] is a hoofed mammal of the family Bovidae. [8] Native to the Arctic, it is noted for its thick coat and for the strong odor emitted by males during the seasonal rut, from which its name derives.
In addition to measuring roughness this system also measures other key pavement attributes such as cracking, rut depth and texture. Less expensive alternatives to profilometers are RTRRMS which do not record the profile but rather are installed in vehicles and measure how the vehicle responds to the pavement profile.
Rho utilisation site, also known by the acronym rut, is a sequence of RNA in bacteria upstream of the terminator region which serves as a binding site for the protein known as rho factor. This sequence is necessary in rho-dependent termination of DNA transcription in bacteria.
In addition to movements related to available shelter and food, the breeding cycle is important in understanding deer behavior. The rut or mating season usually begins in the fall as does go into estrus for a period of a few days, and males become more aggressive, competing for mates. Does may mate with more than one buck and go back into ...
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The earliest use in English was with a meaning of 'frenzied passion'. In 1900, it was first used to describe 'rut in animals; heat'. [10] [11] In British English, the spelling is oestrus or (rarely) œstrus. In all English spellings, the noun ends in -us and the adjective in -ous.
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