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The kukri, khukri, and kukkri spellings are of Indian English origin. [3] [better source needed] The kukri is the national weapon of Nepal, traditionally serving the role of a basic utility knife for the Nepali-speaking Gurkhas, [4] and consequently is a characteristic weapon of the Nepali Army. [4]
Before The Wild Wild West, Robert Conrad played private detective Tom Lopaka in ABC's Hawaiian Eye for four seasons (1959–63). In November 1964, he was making the film Young Dillinger (1965) with Nick Adams, Victor Buono and John Ashley (all of whom would later guest star on The Wild Wild West) when his agent sent him to CBS to audition for the West role.
Renamed Dr. Arliss Loveless, he appeared in the 1999 film adaptation Wild Wild West, played by Kenneth Branagh and featuring several major changes from his original television counterpart. For instance, Branagh's Loveless was a former Confederate military engineer who had lost his lower body in an accidental explosion .
Wild West is a system of skill-based character rules that is set in the American western frontier of the mid-19th century. [1]To create a character, the player chooses an occupation such as cattle baron, gambler, dentist, shepherd or lawman, and then adds applicable skills from a list of forty-five [2] that includes Marksmanship, Locksmithing, Weather Forecasting and Mule Skinning.
A machete (/ m ə ˈ ʃ ɛ t i /; Spanish pronunciation:) is a broad blade used either as an agricultural implement similar to an axe, or in combat like a long-bladed knife. The blade is typically 30 to 66 centimetres (12 to 26 in) long and usually under 3 millimetres ( 1 ⁄ 8 in) thick.
The common name of the genus comes from the kukri, a distinctively shaped Nepalese knife, which is similar in shape to the broad, flattened, curved hind teeth of Oligodon species. These teeth are specially adapted for their main diet of eggs; the teeth cut open eggs as they are being swallowed by the snake, allowing for easier digestion.
Oligodon fasciolatus, commonly known as the small-banded kukri snake or the fasciolated kukri snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. [2] The species is native to Southeast Asia . This snake uniquely eviscerates live poisonous toads, Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Asian common toads), to avoid toxic white liquid the toad secretes.
Wild West Guns (Mobile) 2011: Mobile phone: Gameloft: From the same publisher but different to the 2008/2009 versions. 2011 mobile port was a 2D top-down action-adventure. Wild West Online: Gunfighter: 2008: Windows, Mac: Tenderfoot Games: Free-to-play multiplayer online dueling game. Spun off from Wild West Online MMO. Wild Western: 1982 ...