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Weight for black vultures from North America and the Andes ranges from 1.6 to 3 kg (3.5 to 6.6 lb) but in the smaller vultures of the tropical lowlands it is 1.18–1.94 kg (2.6–4.3 lb). [31] [32] 50 vultures in Texas were found to average 2.15 kg (4.7 lb) while 119 birds in Venezuela were found to average 1.64 kg (3.6 lb). [33]
These canals can stretch up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) wide, 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) deep, and over 0.5 km (0.3 mi) long. It has been hypothesized that beavers' canals are not only transportation routes but an extension of their " central place " around the lodge and/or food cache.
[8] Julius Pokorny derived Pelasgoi from *pelag-skoi ' flatland-inhabitants ' ; specifically, "inhabitants of the Thessalian plain ". [ 9 ] He details a previous derivation, which appears in English at least as early as William Ewart Gladstone 's Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age ; [ 10 ] if the Pelasgians were not Indo-Europeans , the name ...
However, the species' life expectancy in the wild is only 1.8 to 3.1 years, depending on the local conditions such as traffic volume, hunting, and weather severity. [204] It is not unusual for only half of the young born in one year to survive a full year. [187] [205] After this point, the annual mortality rate drops to between 10% and 30%. [187]