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Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained homing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance.The time it takes the animal to cover the specified distance is measured and the bird's rate of travel is calculated and compared with all of the other pigeons in the race to determine which animal returned at the highest speed.
[4] [12] [13] Field caught Pipa pipa have been found with erythrinid fish species, other small Pipa pipa, catfish, arthropods and amphibian skin in their stomachs. [3] One study found that Cyclopoida made up 67%, Diptera larvae 7.3%, and Heteroptera 6.3% of prey. The skin fragments that were found in their stomach are an indication that these ...
The name is thought to signify that the shoal was first discovered by the ship Tortelduif, which is recorded as having arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies on 21 June 1623. [3] It was originally laid down in latitude 29° 11' S, and as a result later voyages failed to locate it.
Pipa carvalhoi (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937) – Carvalho's Surinam toad; Pipa myersi Trueb, 1984 – Myers' Surinam toad; Pipa parva Ruthven and Gaige, 1923 – Sabana Surinam toad; Pipa pipa (Linnaeus, 1758) – Surinam toad; Pipa snethlageae Müller, 1914 – Utinga Surinam toad; In addition, Pipa verrucosa Wiegmann, 1832 is included here incertae ...
The Sabana Surinam toad (Pipa parva), also known as the dwarf toad, is a species of frog in the family Pipidae. It is found in northwestern Venezuela and northeastern Colombia ( Norte de Santander and La Guajira Departments ), mainly in the Maracaibo Basin .
Carvalho's Surinam toad (Pipa carvalhoi) is a species of frog in the family Pipidae endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests , dry savanna , moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland , subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, freshwater marshes , ponds , and aquaculture ponds.
"Pipa xing" (Chinese: 琵琶行), variously translated as "Song of the Pipa" or "Ballad of the Lute", is a Tang dynasty poem composed in 816 by the Chinese poet Bai Juyi, [1] one of the greatest poets in Chinese history. [2] [3] The poem contains a description of a pipa performance during a chance encounter with a performer near the Yangtze ...
Pipa snethlageae, the Utinga Surinam toad, is a species of frog in the family Pipidae found in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and possibly Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and freshwater marshes .