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Hybrid crappie (Pomoxis annularis × nigromaculatus) have been cultured and occur naturally. [22] The crossing of a black crappie female and white crappie male has better survival and growth rates among offspring than the reciprocal cross does. [22] Hybrid crappie are difficult to distinguish from black crappie by appearance alone.
Leaving the world a better place. Leaving the world a better place, often called the campground rule, or just leaving things better than you found them, is an ethical proposition that individuals should go beyond trying not to do harm in the world, and should try to remediate harms done by others.
Black crappie. The black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) is a freshwater fish found in North America, one of the two types of crappies. It is very similar to the white crappie (P. annularis) in size, shape, and habits, except that it is darker, with a pattern of black spots. Alternate names for the species include calico bass, speck, speckled ...
A spring-loaded mousetrap as patented and advertised several years after the phrase became popular. " Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door " is a metaphor about the power of innovation. It originated, in a somewhat different form, with Ralph Waldo Emerson. [1][2] The epigram as known today, which specifies ...
The phrase to put " lipstick on a pig " means making superficial or cosmetic changes to a product in a futile effort to disguise its fundamental failings. There are many phrases using pigs, monkeys, or swine, dating back to ancient times. This phrase seems to have been coined in the 20th century but did not become a common phrase until the 21st ...
The dorsal fins of the white crappie start farther back on the body than those of the black crappie. The anal fin is about the same size as the dorsal fin. [7] The white crappie has six dorsal fin spines, whereas the black crappie has seven or eight dorsal fin spines. [7] White crappies are also slightly more elongated than black crappies. [8]
In the years following the French Revolution, the quotation became attributed to Marie Antoinette (right), although there is no evidence that she said it. " Let them eat cake " is the traditional translation of the French phrase "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche", [1] said to have been spoken in the 18th century by "a great princess" upon being ...
During Pitt's discussion on "dumb things" from their past, Clooney ventured into the stars' mutual bad haircuts. Pitt offered that he had "one of the greatest mullets that ever existed," an ...