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Pipa pipa is an ambush predator, lying in-wait underwater for prey to inevitably wander too close, swiftly inhaling the unsuspecting creature using suction feeding. Additionally, the Surinam toad's rather flat body shape, combined with rather dark, dull coloration, serves as effective camouflage in the murky waters they inhabit, perfectly ...
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 .
Turtle Dove Shoal is a dangerous shoal about three kilometres wide, [1] located at 2] in the Indian Ocean about fifty kilometres south of the Houtman Abrolhos, off the coast of Western Australia The shoal was first charted on a 1627 map by Hessel Gerritsz , where it was labelled as the "Tortelduyff" rocks.
There are seven recognized species: [1] [2] Pipa arrabali Izecksohn, 1976 – Arrabal's Surinam toad; Pipa aspera Müller, 1924 – Albina Surinam toad; 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 ...
The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 with the song "De oude muzikant", written by Pierre Kartner, and performed by Ben Cramer.The Dutch participating broadcaster, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally.
Wu Man (Chinese: 吴 蛮; pinyin: Wú Mán; born January 2, 1963) [1] is a Chinese pipa player and composer. Trained in Pudong-style pipa performance at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, she is known for playing in a broad range of musical styles and introducing the pipa and its Chinese heritage into Western genres.
The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a (Chinese: 琵琶) is a traditional Chinese musical instrument belonging to the plucked category of instruments.Sometimes called the "Chinese lute", the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ranging from 12 to 31.
The 2014 PIPA Snow Polo World Cup Tour was won by Austria, the 2015 champions were England. Here are the final tables for 2014 and 2015: 2015 Tour Ranking: [8] England (Tim Ward, Mac Aberle and Chris Voelkers) Austria (Uwe Seebacher, Klarina Pichler and Benjamin Darroux) Germany (Captain Joe Reinhard, Stefan Coszma and Marc van Eupen)