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The Whippet is a British breed of medium-sized dog of the sighthound type, related to the larger Greyhound and the smaller Italian Greyhound.Aside from size differences, the Whippet closely resembles these two breeds and is sometimes referred to as the "miniature Greyhound" or, colloquially, as "the poor man's racehorse."
Merle is a genetic pattern in a dog's coat and alleles of the PMEL gene. It results in different colors and patterns and can affect any coats. The allele creates mottled patches of color in a solid or piebald coat, blue or odd-colored eyes, and can affect skin pigment as well. Two types of colored patches generally appear in a merle coat: brown ...
Currently Whippet operate 14 coaches for FlixBus, running to Bradford, Leeds, Manchester, Cambridge and London in the UK and Amsterdam and Paris on international routes. [12] In 2024 Whippet launched the first 100% electric long-distance coach in partnership with FlixBus and Zenobē. [13] The Yutong GTe14 runs on the route between Cambridge and ...
Dog coat color is governed by how genes are passed from dogs to their puppies and how those genes are expressed in each dog. Dogs have about 19,000 genes in their genome [2] but only a handful affect the physical variations in their coats. Most genes come in pairs, one being from the dog's mother and one being from its father.
That same day, 24 April, one Whippet was destroyed by a German A7V in the world's second tank battle, the only time a Whippet fought an enemy tank. [17] [18] The Whippet was, a British tank veteran wrote, "the big surprise" of the Royal Tank Corps. Crews used their vehicles' speed to attack troops in the rear.
A husband and wife in northeast Pakistan have been arrested in connection to the death of a 13-year-old girl who was employed as a maid for the couple.. Rashid Shafiq and his wife Sana were ...
In France and the USA, Harrier enthusiasts kept the breed going. The French are the only ones with two dogs achieving World recognition with Iran des Coutas in 1974 and Alicien in 2011. In the USA, Emmy was BOB at Westminster Dog Show in 2018 and Whisper was BOB in 2020. The Harrier was re-recognised by the UK Kennel Club in January 2020.
Diabetes, a condition where blood glucose levels cannot be controlled, affects more than 10% of the adult population worldwide, and more than 90% of those have type 2 diabetes.