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A shiv, also chiv, schiv, shivvie or shank, [1] [2] is a handcrafted bladed weapon resembling a knife that is commonly associated with prison inmates. Since weapons are prohibited in prisons, the intended mode of concealment is central to a shiv's construction.
Pachyptila vittata, broad-billed prion breeds on islands off of New Zealand and Tristan da Cunha group [2] Pachyptila desolata , Antarctic prion breeds on Crozet Island , [ 3 ] Kerguelen Island , Macquarie Island , Auckland Island , Heard Island , Scott Island , South Georgia Island , South Sandwich Islands , and the Scotia Arc [ 2 ]
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Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
Pachyptila is a genus of seabirds in the family Procellariidae and the order Procellariiformes.The members of this genus and the blue petrel form a sub-group called prions.They range throughout the southern hemisphere, often in the much cooler higher latitudes.
The Antarctic prion has an overall length of 27 cm (11 in), a wingspan of 61–66 cm (24–26 in) and weighs 150–160 g (5.3–5.6 oz). Like all prions, its underparts are white and upperparts are blue-grey, with a dark "M" across its back to its wingtips.
The name prion comes from the Greek word priōn, meaning "saw", a reference of the serrated edges of the birds' saw-like bill. [6] [7] The slender-billed prion is a member of the Pachyptila genus, which, in combination with the genus Halobaena (whose single species is the blue petrel) makes up the polyphyletic traditional tribe of prions (or ...
Illustration of the features of the fairy prion's head and beak, 1888. The fairy prion is around 25 cm (9.8 in) in length, with a wingspan of 56 cm (22 in). The plumage is blue-grey on its upperparts with a dark "M" extending to the wingtips. The tail is wedge-shaped with a dark tip. The underparts are mostly white.