| 单词 | blenny |
| 例句 | What, we wonder, is the character of this sea lion; what kind of individual is this hammerhead shark; what is on the mind of this blenny? From the Highest Heights to the Lowest Depths, in Photographs 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z These morphine-like compounds cause a sudden drop in blood pressure, apparently disorientating a predator and letting the blenny escape. Why a tiny, fanged fish produces a pain-free bite - BBC News 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z But when attacked by a predator, this fish, part of a group called fang blennies,does something even more strange. Little Tropical Fish With a Big, Venomous Bite 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Fangs on a fish are strange enough, but even weirder is how one toothy group—fang blennies—defend themselves from attackers. Fang blennies wield a painless venom with a strange history 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The sarcastic fringehead is a type of blenny that will fight tooth and nail to protect its eggs and territory. A Frog Whose Babies Pop Out of Its Back and More Freaky Animals One family deserved a closer look: the blennies, a group of especially land-loving coastal fish that the authors studied in the wild to create a more fine-tuned family tree. Fish may have evolved to live on land more than 30 times 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z In his initial research, Dr Casewell read fang blenny studies carried out in the 1970s, where larger, predatory fish were "introduced" to the fang blennies. Why a tiny, fanged fish produces a pain-free bite - BBC News 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Out of 100 fang blenny species, only about 30 are venomous, said Nicholas Casewell, a lecturer at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and an author of the study. Little Tropical Fish With a Big, Venomous Bite 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The first ever sighting off California's coast of a largemouth blenny fish was made over the summer near San Diego, said Phil Hastings, a curator of marine vertebrates at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. El Nino sends rare tropical visitors to California waters 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z They planted plasticine models of blennies on rocks and sand around the island. Wonderful Things: Leaping Fish Spends Entire Life on Land 2013-12-31T18:15:05.164Z Further investigation revealed that the team was dealing with many species new to science, including the new blennies. Smithsonian Scientists Discover 7 New Species of Fish 2011-02-08T17:02:00Z "And the drop seems to cause a loss of co-ordination in the predator that allows the blenny to get away." Why a tiny, fanged fish produces a pain-free bite - BBC News 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z This pattern suggests that fang blennies first evolved large teeth, which certain species then coupled with venom. Little Tropical Fish With a Big, Venomous Bite 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z I traded in guano, train-oil, Australian blennies, pitch, and other more or less unclean things. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Judging by the number of rather soberingly described “missing body parts” and “puncture wounds” endured by fake blennies on the sand versus the rocks, the fish’s duds are serving them well on their stony homes. Wonderful Things: Leaping Fish Spends Entire Life on Land 2013-12-31T18:15:05.164Z Using modern genetic analysis, combined with traditional examination of morphology, the scientists discovered that what were once thought to be three species of blenny in the genus Starksia are actually 10 distinct species. Smithsonian Scientists Discover 7 New Species of Fish 2011-02-08T17:02:00Z This made the fang blenny a curiosity; the scientists knew it to be venomous, but set out to understand how and why its bite was painless. Why a tiny, fanged fish produces a pain-free bite - BBC News 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z When his team injected small amounts of fang blenny venom into the paws of mice, the mice showed no significant signs of distress. Little Tropical Fish With a Big, Venomous Bite 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The trivial name of the viviparous blenny, or guffer, the backbone of which is green when boiled; also of the gar-fish. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. At this point an enemy, in the shape of another blenny, appeared on the scene. Black Ivory Some few fish, indeed, are truly viviparous; among them certain blennies and carps, in which the eggs hatch out entirely within the body of the mother. Science in Arcady "The fang blenny would simply swim out of the mouth and escape." Why a tiny, fanged fish produces a pain-free bite - BBC News 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Though it may not be acutely painful, fang blenny venom is unpleasant enough to send a serious message to fish predators. Little Tropical Fish With a Big, Venomous Bite 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Also, the gurnard, a fish of the blenny kind, which makes a rumbling noise when struggling to disengage itself on reaching the surface. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Being a very little fish, it was not observed by Disco, but it was instantly noticed by the first blenny, which, being rather the smaller of the two, we shall style the Little one. Black Ivory In one of Major Holland's charming papers in Science Gossip he speaks of a pet blenny of his who was not only tame but musical. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men In the biodiverse realm of coral reefs, other species also "mimic" the fang blenny - developing similar striped patterns and bright colours that may fool predators into thinking that they too are opioid-laced. Why a tiny, fanged fish produces a pain-free bite - BBC News 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Analyzing venom extracted from one fang blenny species, the scientists identified three toxins: an enzyme, a molecule used in neuron signaling and an opioid, in the same class as heroin and some prescription painkillers. Little Tropical Fish With a Big, Venomous Bite 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z They are in general oviparous, or egg-producing; but there are a few, such as the eel and the blenny, which are viviparous, or produce their young alive. The Book of Household Management It was a small fish—a familiar fish, too—which he had known in the pools of his native land by the name of blenny. Black Ivory Presently the blenny put its head out of the water, and looked about. Black Ivory The blenny is altogether a singular, an exceptional fish. Black Ivory Up to 20 species — some nonvenomous fang blennies and some fish that aren’t blennies at all — copy the bright colors, patterns or cruise-and-dart swimming style of the venomous fang blennies to escape predation themselves. Little Tropical Fish With a Big, Venomous Bite 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The viviparous species are by no means so prolific; yet the blenny brings forth two or three hundred at a time, which commence sporting together round their parent the moment they have come into existence. The Book of Household Management As the blenny appeared to wish to approach the edge of the pool, Disco retired, and, placing a hand on each knee, stooped, in order to make himself as small as possible. Black Ivory Seeing that the coast was clear, for Disco stood as motionless as a mangrove tree, blenny hopped upon the dry land. Black Ivory No mortal blenny could witness this unwarrantable invasion of its hearth and home without being stirred to indignant wrath. Black Ivory The authors of the study took a multipronged approach to studying venomous fang blennies. Little Tropical Fish With a Big, Venomous Bite 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z In fact Disco’s delight would have been perfect, had the size of the belligerents admitted of his patting the little blenny on the back; but this of course was out of the question! Black Ivory The African blenny is a sort of amphibious animal, living nearly as much out of the water as in it. Black Ivory Presently another of the giddy ones alighted in front of blenny about a foot distant. Black Ivory Presently a small fly, with that giddy heedlessness which characterises the race, alighted about two inches in front of blenny’s nose. Black Ivory |
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