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This type of movement is thought to be an adaptation to life on the soft floor of the deep sea. These creatures, however, can swim when disturbed. Some species of Scotoplanes are benthopelagic and spend plenty of time in the water column. A frontal lobe as well as two anal lobes propel the sea pig through the water.
Scotoplanes globosa, commonly known as the sea pig, is a species of sea cucumber that lives in the deep sea. [1] It was first described by Hjalmar Théel , a Swedish scientist. Scotoplanes globosa , along with numerous other sea cucumbers were discovered by Théel during an expedition on HMS Challenger between the years of 1873-1876.
Tardigrades (/ ˈ t ɑːr d ɪ ɡ r eɪ d z / ⓘ), [1] known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, [2] are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals. They were first described by the German zoologist Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773, who called them Kleiner Wasserbär ' little water bear ' .
The common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) is a wild member of the pig family found in grassland, savanna, and woodland in sub-Saharan Africa. [1] [2] In the past, it was commonly treated as a subspecies of P. aethiopicus, but today that scientific name is restricted to the desert warthog of northern Kenya, Somalia, and eastern Ethiopia.
Exceptionally, a pig called Big Bill weighed 1,157 kg (2,551 lb) and had a shoulder height of 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in). [5] Pigs possess both apocrine and eccrine sweat glands, although the latter are limited to the snout. [6] Pigs, like other "hairless" mammals such as elephants, do not use thermal sweat glands in cooling. [7]
The 50th season of "SNL" premiered last month. Since the first show in 1975, 165 comedians and actors have been a part of "SNL.". Three new comedians joined for season 50. "Saturday Night Live" is ...
Scotoplanes, a genus of deep-sea holothurians (sea cucumbers) commonly called sea pigs; Sea Swine (a.k.a. Porcus Marinus), an historical name for porpoise and mythical creatures; A local name for the dugong; The name of Guinea pigs in some countries; Hawaiian flagtail, sometimes called puaʻa kai (sea pig)
In recent years, kidneys from genetically modified pigs have been temporarily transplanted into brain-dead donors to see how well they function, and two men received heart transplants from pigs ...