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The bobcat ( Lynx rufus ), also known as the red lynx, is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx. Native to North America, it ranges from southern Canada through most of the contiguous United States to Oaxaca in Mexico. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2002, due to its wide ...
Cats conserve energy by sleeping more than most animals, especially as they grow older. The daily duration of sleep varies, usually between 12 and 16 hours, with 13 and 14 being the average. Some cats can sleep as much as 20 hours. The term "cat nap" for a short rest refers to the cat's tendency to fall asleep (lightly) for a brief period.
Pixie and Dixie call upon Judo Jack to teach them how defend themselves against Jinks in the arts of Judo. Jinks builds a robot cat to take care of Pixie and Dixie; their efforts against it don't work until they make it think Jinks is a mouse. Jinks builds a machine he thinks will liquidate Pixie and Dixie.
Founding members and enlargement. NATO was established on 4 April 1949 via the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty (Washington Treaty). The 12 founding members of the Alliance were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. [4]
The Manx cat ( / ˈmæŋks /, in earlier times often spelled Manks) is a breed of domestic cat ( Felis catus) originating on the Isle of Man, with a mutation that shortens the tail. Many Manx have a small stub of a tail, but Manx cats are best known as being entirely tailless; this is the most distinguishing characteristic of the breed, along ...
USS. Flasher. (SS-249) USS Flasher (SS-249) was a Gato -class submarine which served in the Pacific during World War II. She received the Presidential Unit Citation and six battle stars, and sank 21 ships for a total of 100,231 tons of Japanese shipping, making her one of the most successful American submarines of the War.
The Gato -class ships were considered to be fleet submarines, designed to operate as adjuncts to the main battle fleet, based on standard-type battleships since World War I. They were to scout out ahead of the fleet and report on the enemy fleet's composition, speed, and course, then they were to attack and whittle down the enemy in preparation ...
Power nap. A woman having a nap in a napping pod, in the café Nappuccino in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain) A power nap or cat nap is a short sleep that terminates before deep sleep ( slow-wave sleep; SWS). A power nap is intended to quickly revitalize the sleeper. A power nap combined with consuming caffeine is called a stimulant nap, coffee nap ...