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A so-called "cathedral" mound produced by a termite colony. Structures built by non-human animals, often called animal architecture, [1] are common in many species. Examples of animal structures include termite mounds, ant hills, wasp and beehives, burrow complexes, beaver dams, elaborate nests of birds, and webs of spiders.
A dragonfly in its radical final moult, metamorphosing from an aquatic nymph to a winged adult.. In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is a process by which an animal casts off parts of its body to serve some beneficial purpose, either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in ...
Personalization by signing a piece of art violates the historic Zuni notion of community purpose, and the signing of artwork is a concept introduced to the Zuni by Anglo collectors at the beginning of the 20th century (c. 1915). Often, though, a Zuni carver feels that their own unique style is readily identifiable and the fetish's style will be ...
Finlock concrete gutter units are made up of two troughs – one is the visible gutter and the other sits across the cavity wall. The blocks which can range from 8 to 12 inches (200 to 300 mm) can be joined using reinforcing rods and concrete , to form lintels for doors and windows.
A bruise, also known as a contusion, is a type of hematoma of tissue, [3] the most common cause being capillaries damaged by trauma, causing localized bleeding that extravasates into the surrounding interstitial tissues. Most bruises occur close enough to the epidermis such that the bleeding causes a visible discoloration.
The thick flesh is pale pink or orange to white. The mushroom does not bruise red and has no distinctive odour, though it can taste like turpentine. [1] Hygrophorus pudorinus is found in coniferous woodlands under fir and spruce trees [9] across western and northeastern North America; [1] it is particularly common in Canada [9] and the Rocky ...
This animal orthotist creates braces and artificial limbs to increase animals' mobility and drastically improve their lives Man saves over 20,000 animals with custom-made prosthetics Skip to main ...
It was patented in England by Parisian Francois Barthelemy Alfred Royer de la Bastie in 1874, just one year after V. De Luynes had published accounts of his experiments with them. [ 8 ] Since at least the 19th century, it has been known that formations similar to Prince Rupert's drops are produced under certain conditions in volcanic lava . [ 15 ]