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The red eft (juvenile) stage is a bright orangish-red, with darker red spots outlined in black. An eastern newt can have as many as 21 of these spots. The pattern of these spots differs among the subspecies. An eastern newt's time to get from larva to eft is about three months.
The following is a list of terms, used to describe disabilities or people with disabilities, which may carry negative connotations or be offensive to people with or without disabilities. Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [1] However identity-first ...
Ergotism is the earliest recorded example of mycotoxicosis, or poisoning caused by toxic molds. [24] Early references to ergotism date back as far as 600 BC, an Assyrian tablet referred to it as a "noxious pustule in the ear of grain." [25] In 350 BC, the Parsees described "noxious grasses that cause pregnant women to drop the womb and die in ...
Unprocessed asafoetida in a jar and as a tincture. Asafoetida (/ æ s ə ˈ f ɛ t ɪ d ə /; also spelled asafetida) [1] is the dried latex (gum oleoresin) exuded from the rhizome or tap root of several species of Ferula, perennial herbs of the carrot family.
People with disabilities in Pakistan are seen differently than in most Western countries due to cultural and religious beliefs. The lack of accurate epidemiological evidence on disabilities, insufficient resources, weak health care facilities and worker shortages are major obstacles to meeting the needs of disabled Pakistanis.
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) bloom on Lake Erie (United States) in 2009. These kinds of algae can cause harmful algal bloom. A harmful algal bloom (HAB), or excessive algae growth, is an algal bloom that causes negative impacts to other organisms by production of natural algae-produced toxins, water deoxygenation, mechanical damage to other organisms, or by other means.
The local Urdu and Punjabi names for the tree is sumbal. The 1889 book The Useful Native Plants of Australia records that the tree was at that time known as Bombax malabaricum , its common names included "Simool Tree" or "Malabar Silk-cotton Tree of India", and that the calyx of the flower-bud was eaten as a vegetable in India.
Trifolium pratense (from Latin prātum, meaning meadow), red clover, [2] [3] is a herbaceous species of flowering plant in the bean family, Fabaceae. It is native to ...