enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: hemp rope and snakes store their skin in order to protect their blood

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Shimenawa - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimenawa

    Hemp fiber is the basic material used in the production of shimenawa, and has been used since ancient times. [10] In Shinto, hemp is regarded as a sacred food with a meaning of purity and fertility. [10] After the Cannabis Control Act of 1948, when the growing of hemp was banned, [10] straw began to be used instead as the raw material of ...

  3. MythBusters (2014 season) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2014_season)

    The snakes were released one at a time onto the set for the control, during which 18 of the 21 breeds crossed the set into the forbidden areas. When the cat litter and mothball combo was put in place, the snakes were initially agitated by the odor, but ultimately the same number of snakes (18 of 21) crossed the barriers. Cayenne pepper deters ...

  4. Defense in insects - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_in_insects

    In order to deal with this ongoing escapist battle, insects have evolved a wide range of defense mechanisms. The only restraint on these adaptations is that their cost, in terms of time and energy, does not exceed the benefit that they provide to the organism. The further that a feature tips the balance towards beneficial, the more likely that ...

  5. Cutaneous respiration - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutaneous_respiration

    Cutaneous respiration, or cutaneous gas exchange (sometimes called skin breathing), [1] is a form of respiration in which gas exchange occurs across the skin or outer integument of an organism rather than gills or lungs. Cutaneous respiration may be the sole method of gas exchange, or may accompany other forms, such as ventilation.

  6. Snake - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake

    Just before shedding, the skin becomes grey and the snake's eyes turn silvery. The inner surface of the old skin liquefies, causing it to separate from the new skin beneath it. After a few days, the eyes clear and the snake reaches out of its old skin, which splits. The snake rubs its body against rough surfaces to aid in the shedding of its ...

  7. Hemp - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp

    Hemp rope. Hemp rope was used in the age of sailing ships, though the rope had to be protected by tarring, since hemp rope has a propensity for breaking from rot, as the capillary effect of the rope-woven fibers tended to hold liquid at the interior, while seeming dry from the outside. [77]

  8. Abacá - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacá

    Manila rope will rot after a period of time when exposed to saltwater. Manila hemp rope was previously the favoured variety of rope used for executions by hanging, both in the U.K. and USA. Usually 3/4 to 1 inch diameter, boiled prior to use to take out any overelasticity. It was also used in the 19th century as whaling line. [48]

  9. Serpent symbolism - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent_symbolism

    As snakes shed their skin through sloughing, they are symbols of rebirth, transformation, immortality, and healing. [11] The ouroboros is a symbol of eternity and continual renewal of life. In some Abrahamic traditions, the serpent represents sexual desire. [12] According to some interpretations of the Midrash, the serpent represents sexual ...

  1. Ads

    related to: hemp rope and snakes store their skin in order to protect their blood