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The first great ape known to Western science in the 17th century was the "orang-outang" (genus Pongo), the local Malay name being recorded in Java by the Dutch physician Jacobus Bontius. In 1641, the Dutch anatomist Nicolaes Tulp applied the name to a chimpanzee or bonobo brought to the Netherlands from Angola. [ 13 ]
The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest animal that has ever lived, weighing up to 190 tonnes and measuring up to 33.6 metres (110 ft) long. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] The largest extant terrestrial animal is the African bush elephant ( Loxodonta africana ), weighing up to 12.25 tonnes [ 60 ] and measuring up to 10.67 metres (35.0 ft) long. [ 60 ]
[166] [154] Humans' thinner body hair and more productive sweat glands help avoid heat exhaustion while running for long distances. [167] Compared to other apes, the human heart produces greater stroke volume and cardiac output and the aorta is proportionately larger. [168] [169]
The oldest anarchy server in Minecraft; there is no officially set list of rules, allowing the use of cheats and obscene language ingame. Its map is one of the longest-running server maps in the game. It has since updated to Minecraft version 1.20 after previously running on Minecraft version 1.12 for many years. [25] [26] [27] Autcraft: 2013
Rise of the Planet of the Apes screenwriters Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver were hired in 2012 to write an early draft of the script. [103] In 2013, Colin Trevorrow was announced as a director and co-writer, [104] [105] with the film scheduled for release on June 12, 2015. [106] The film was shot in Univisium 2.00:1. [107]
Déjà vu (/ ˌ d eɪ ʒ ɑː ˈ v (j) uː / ⓘ [1] [2] DAY-zhah-VOO, - VEW, French: [deʒa vy] ⓘ; "already seen") is the phenomenon of feeling as though one has lived through the present situation before.
A small design reinforcement was quickly adopted when initial fatigue testing failed at 80% of testing; the A-10 passed fatigue tests with the fix. 8,000-flight-hour service lives were becoming common at the time, so fatigue testing of the A-10 continued with a new 8,000-hour target. This new target quickly discovered serious cracks at Wing ...
The leaves are opposite and pinnate with four leaflets (two opposite pairs; no terminal leaflet); each leaflet is 1 to 7 cm (1 ⁄ 2 to 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) long and 1 to 3 cm (1 ⁄ 2 to 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) across. Like those of many other legumes, the leaves are nyctinastic; that is, they have "sleep" movements, closing at night. [citation needed]