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Download as PDF; Printable version ... Hans de Weers: Release date. 1994 () Running time. 90 minutes: Country: Netherlands: Language: Dutch: Old Tongues or Oude ...
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 ...
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.
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 .
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 Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) is an institution devoted to research on the public opinion of international politics. It is jointly run by the Center on Policy Attitudes and the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland at the School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland, College Park .
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 ...