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A Japanese glass fishing float. Glass floats were once used by fishermen in many parts of the world to keep their fishing nets, as well as longlines or droplines, afloat.. Large groups of fishnets strung together, sometimes 50 miles (80 km) long, were set adrift in the ocean and supported near the surface by hollow glass balls or cylinders containing air to give them buoyancy.
Animal-headed figure pendant; 1st–7th century; gold; height: 6.35 cm (2 1 ⁄ 2 in.); Yotoco stage; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) Double spout and strap handle vessel with a mythological figure; 400–1200; slip-painted ceramic; height: 19.37 cm (7 5 ⁄ 8 in.), width: 19.05 cm (7 1 ⁄ 2 in.), depth: 10.32 cm (4 1 ⁄ 16 in ...
The total length of the body (also bill-to-tail length) of a bird is usually measured from dead specimens before being skinned for preservation. The measurement is made by laying the bird on its back, stretching out the neck, making the beak point forward, and measuring between the tip of the bill and the tip of the tail.
"For the Birds": George tries to fill the bird feeder outside of the country house to draw birds but Jumpy keeps eating the seeds he fills the feeder with. "Curious George-asaurus" : When George tries to get his toy plane from the top of the museum's new dinosaur skeleton, he accidentally wrecks it and must put it back together before an ...
The Goliath heron specializes in relatively large fish, with an average prey weight range of 50–980 g (0.11–2.16 lb), averaging 500–600 g (1.1–1.3 lb) and length of 30 cm (12 in). Fish exceeding 1 kg (2.2 lb) are usually rejected, though there is a report that the heron managed to swallow 1.4 kg (3.1 lb) fish. [9] [10] Small fish are ...
A wing-clipped Meyer's parrot perching on a drawer handle. While clipping is endorsed by some avian veterinarians, others oppose it. [7]By restricting flight, wing clipping may help prevent indoor birds from risking injury from ceiling fans or flying into large windows, but no evidence shows that clipped birds are safer than full-winged ones, only that clipped birds are subject to different ...
An adult northern gannet has a 170–180 cm (67–71 in) wingspan, [22] and is 87–100 cm (34 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 39 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long and weighs 2.3–3.6 kg (5–8 lb), [23] making it the largest gannet [23] and the largest seabird native to the western Palearctic. [24] The two sexes are generally of a similar size and appearance. [25]
The method KAR Photography caught on camera was only one of them. The method shown in the clip involves the bears sitting and waiting for the salmon to swim to them. Then, when they feel a fish ...