Great hammerhead sharks, sphyrna mokarran, are the largest of all hammerhead sharks. They usually measure up to 18 feet (5.5 meters) long and weigh as much as 1700 pounds (770 kilograms). They can be olive green or green on top with white underneath and have strongly serrated, triangular teeth. Their most striking feature however, is ...
Snow leopards, uncia uncia (or panthera uncia), are well known for their appearance. They can measure anywhere from 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 meters) from its head to its tail. They are also slightly hefty cats, weighing in at 60 to 120 pounds (27 to 55 kilograms) with males being around 30 percent ...
The Humpback Whale is an amazing yet majestic giant whale, which is known as the Megaptera Novaeangliae species. People travel by boat to the warm coastal waters, in order to watch the whales as the play in their normal habitat. Many companies offer an experience of inexpensive whale watching for tour groups all over the ...
The human femur is the upper leg bone between the hip and the knee, and is the strongest, longest, and most voluminous bone in the human body. The upper portion of this bone forms part of the hip joint, the acetabulum. The lower portion forms part of the knee (patella) joint. It’s a long bone ...
The aura is defined as an electromagnetic field that surrounds the body. The aura means different things to different people. The aura is supposed to tell many things about the person it surrounds. It is an oval shape of colored energy that emanates to about three feet around the body. Some people say that they ...
General Facts: The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Andromeda. It can go by the name Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224. In older texts, its name appears as the Great Andromeda Nebula. Andromeda is the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, but may not ...
The common sandpiper, actitis hypoleucos, is also known as the Eurasian sandpiper as well as the summer snipe. They measure 7.5 to 8.25 inches (19 to 21 centimeters) long and weigh 1.1 to 3 ounces (33 to 84 grams). They also have a wingspan that ranges from 15 to 16.1 inches (38 to 41 centimeters) ...
Karl Popper has been acknowledged as the founder of various views in the fields of biology and ecology for his principal ideas regarding theory and confirmation. Many scientists consider Popper the hero of Philosophy. His views have contributed to new ideals and theories in addition to renovating and bringing a new perspective to others. Popper’s ...
Classifying snowflakes is a matter of convention. There is no objective taxonomy; different people have devised different systems of classification for snowflakes, and they have caught on and been used by others to varying degrees, but one’s no more “correct” than another. One of the first serious attempts to divide snow into different types came ...
The vampire squid, vampyroteuthis infernalis, is unique in that it shares characteristics of both octopuses and squids. They are a small species, measuring only about 1 foot (0.3 meters) long. The females are slightly larger than the males. They have a gelatinous form and resemble jellyfish more than squids. Depending on the location and amount ...
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