单词 | fruit-eating |
例句 | The prehensile tail that gives the tree-dwelling, fruit-eating species its name exists in this case in the imagination only. Quills and thrills as prodigious porcupine puppet unveiled 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z But bats with short jaws, including most fruit-eating bats, tended to ditch the middle premolar or the back molar, if not both. Fruit, nectar, bugs and blood: How bat teeth and jaws evolved for a diverse dinnertime 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z This tissue takes on a variety of shapes in different bat species, tending to be broader in fruit-eating species and narrower in ones that hunt flying insects. Mutated Gene That Causes Webbed Limbs in Humans May Have Given Bats Wings 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z In some tropical countries, large fruit-eating birds are hunted intensely, and their loss could reduce seed dispersal. First-of-its-kind global catalog of bird shapes yields ecological ‘gold mine’ 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The effect would be greatest in the tropics, where many of these plants live with relatively big seed dispersers, such as lemurs in Madagascar and large fruit-eating birds in Southeast Asia. Loss of seed-hauling animals spells trouble for plants in warming world 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Aside from the frogmouth, other popular birds on Instagram include touracos — fruit-eating birds with striking pigments that are found in Africa — as well as pigeons, magpies and broadbills. This ‘Angry’ Bird Is the Most Photogenic, Research Finds 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z That species courts with simple hops—partway to the elaborate displays of the fruit-eating species that evolved later. The genes behind the sexiest birds on the planet 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z In that case, fruit trees were growing next to pig enclosures and pigs became infected through exposure to the feces of large fruit-eating bats. How Mink, Like Humans, Were Slammed by the Coronavirus 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z No equivalent decline was found among fruit-eating birds. Nine insect-eating bird species in Amazon in sharp decline, scientists find 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z That’s because these areas have lost many populations and species of large fruit-eating mammals, such as bears, which can move seeds longer distances. Loss of seed-hauling animals spells trouble for plants in warming world 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Both diseases were found to be caused by pathogens that originated in fruit-eating bats. How China’s “Bat Woman” Hunted Down Viruses from SARS to the New Coronavirus 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z The man told investigators he’d seen the fruit-eating mammal sitting on an outside fence the day before and he’d left some watermelon for it to eat. Kinkajou barges into Florida woman's apartment, attacks her boyfriend, officials say 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z This was a fruit-eating pigeon's paradise, so flying became unnecessary, and they lost the ability in favour of larger size. The other Dodo: Extinct bird that used its wings as clubs 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z It likely belonged to a fruit-eating, slow-climbing primate that resembled a baby gibbon, the researchers said. Fossil Reveals What Last Common Ancestor of Humans and Apes Looked Liked 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Humans are famously fond of sweets, for example, presumably a legacy of our fruit-eating primate ancestors. Behold the Liver, the Astonishing Blob That Runs the Body 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The team captured dozens of bats near the toddler’s village, but none — fruit-eating or otherwise — showed any conclusive signs of Ebola infection2. Hunt for Ebola’s wild hideout takes off as epidemic wanes 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z He argues that we are descended from largely fruit-eating primate ancestors who were drawn to the ripest, most nutritious fruit by the scent of naturally fermented ethanol. Animals Like to Get Drunk, Too 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Rather than being a good model for this common ancestor, Lovejoy says, today’s chimps are “highly specialized” for a fruit-eating life high up in the trees. Humans have more primitive hands than chimpanzees 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z In part of its life cycle, the yeast passes through the guts of fruit-eating animals, so it already withstood heat and high acidity. The Next Frontier: The Great Indoors 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z In April 1856, Henry Clay Caldwell of the United States Navy found a large, fruit-eating bat on the Samoan island of Upolu. Museums: The endangered dead 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z A painting of a fruit-eating “pig-deer,” called a babirusa, on the ceiling of the same cave dated to at least 35,400 years ago, the team reports online today in Nature. Indonesian cave art may be world's oldest 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z How has their evolution and distribution been shaped by that of other fruit-eating groups, like primates? The Splendid and Remarkable Anatomy of Hornbills 2014-04-22T12:30:38Z They said this indicated that "artificial light altered the foraging behaviour of fruit-eating bats". Light pollution alters bat behaviour 2014-03-11T14:50:05Z "Wildlife species will no doubt benefit from a bumper crop, and finally fruit-eating birds and mammals will be able to enjoy an autumn feast." Autumn to bring 'bumper fruit crop' 2013-08-12T03:35:54Z Or meat-eating chimpanzees and fruit-eating bonobos, two species of apes closely related to humans with vastly different social structure and diet. Cricket Fight Club: How is a Cricket Like a Rat? 2012-10-04T17:45:07.383Z Like bees, bats around the world — especially the nectar-drinking, fruit-eating bats — are great pollinators. Why Bats Are So Misunderstood 2012-08-10T12:00:14Z But most of the bats he captured at the clay lick were fruit-eating bats—and many of them were pregnant or lactating. Would You Like a Side of Dirt with That? 2012-05-25T11:45:00.240Z Researchers found that a species of fruit-eating bats in Costa Rica avoided foraging in artificial light. Light pollution alters bat behaviour 2014-03-11T14:50:05Z Next, there’s the nasal whine and rapid “sound effects” of the fruit-eating omao, which sounds like someone in the forest tuning an old-fashioned radio. Scientist at Work Blog: In the Kipuka, Birds Take Shelter 2012-05-23T15:36:08Z The flying foxes are ranged under the order of the Cheiroptera, or hand-winged mammals, and are grouped together in the sub-section of the fruit-eating bats, as distinguished from those feeding mostly upon insects. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z The Great Bats abound in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the East, where they live on fruit, and from this circumstance are classified as "fruit-eating bats," though they are sometimes called "flying-foxes." Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The new deal involves strict protocols to keep fruit-eating insects from being carried into Mexico. South Carolina, Georgia farmers allowed to export peaches to Mexico for first time since 1994 2011-08-01T07:17:51Z They added that fruit-eating bats help rainforest plants re-colonize the land because the mammals seemed to "tolerate habitat disturbance when dispersing seeds". Light pollution alters bat behaviour 2014-03-11T14:50:05Z There may have been fruit-eating or agricultural peoples in the more genial and fertile lands of the east and south. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z At almost two metres long, this fruit-eating monitor lizard was found in the Philippines, in Asia, and spends most of its time in trees. PICTURES: Weird new species 2011-05-24T12:58:21Z It is interesting to observe that the sapsucker, which was never seen to touch the fruit of the trees, agrees with the fruit-eating birds. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z It seemed in particular that fruit-eating birds were scarce today — not many trogons, few parrots and few tanagers. Scientist at Work: The Inventory Begins, With Birds, Rain and More Rain 2010-10-21T19:33:00Z The new species, which is called Varanus bitatawa , is thought to survive on a diet of fruit, making it one of just three species of fruit-eating monitor lizards in the world. Giant lizard species discovered 2010-04-07T07:55:00Z "This thing is a fruit-eater and it's only the third fruit-eating lizard in the world." Philippines dragon-sized lizard is a new species 2010-04-06T23:07:00Z All the British bats belong to the insectivorous group, the fruit-eating and blood-sucking bats being confined to warmer regions. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis The large fruit-eating bat is a great pest. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products Most of the endemic genera are berry-bearers and thus offer the means of dispersal by fruit-eating birds. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Beecher refers to the technique used in fruit-eating as "gaping." Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves The first of these comprises the fruit-eating species, which are generally of large size, with the crowns of the cheek-teeth smooth and marked with a longitudinal groove. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Bats may be conveniently divided into two sections—the insectivorous or carnivorous, comprising all European and most African and American species; and the fruit-eating, belonging to tropical Asia and Australia, with several African forms. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Its spread has largely been brought about by the agency of fruit-eating birds, that have distributed the seeds widely by means of their castings. Fruits of Queensland But they are fruit-eating birds, and not insectivorous; it is this that constitutes the chief difference between them and the woodpeckers. Birds of the Indian Hills There are lacking in man all the characteristics that distinguish the prominent organs of the carnivora, while he possesses a most striking resemblance to the fruit-eating apes. No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet with Vegetable Recipes Dawn spread her rosy fingers over the pepal fig trees that lined the road; the fruit-eating flying-foxes sought their fragrant nests or roosts, and noiselessly folded their membraneous wings till next time. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah In this case the use of the resemblance must be to enable the Cladobates to approach the insects or small birds on which it feeds, under the disguise of the harmless fruit-eating squirrel. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays After some time all was silent, then suddenly came a loud yell, or scream, uttered probably by some defenceless fruit-eating animal which had been pounced upon by a tiger-cat or the stealthy boa-constrictor. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Hornbills are fruit-eating birds, and would be good roasted.” Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track The best of all trees for this purpose is the Russian mulberry, which ripens at the same time that cherries do and is particularly relished by all fruit-eating birds. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation It is said that they have made the Americans a fruit-eating people. Aliens or Americans? It is thus that we can account for the spurs and the superior strength and size of the males in Gallinaceous birds, and also for the large canine tusks in the males of fruit-eating Apes. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Suffice it to say, it is generally agreed now that the dodo was a gigantic, short-winged, fruit-eating pigeon. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 Volume 17, New Series, June 5, 1852 Before the white man came, in fact, the kea was a mild-mannered fruit-eating or honey-sucking bird. Science in Arcady Sometimes in the midst of the noon-day stillness, a sudden yell or scream will startle one, coming from some minor fruit-eating animal, set upon by a carnivorous beast or serpent. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians The Crested Lizards which the visitor will notice hereabouts, are the American fruit-eating species, celebrated for violent quarrelling among themselves, and for their power of changing colour with great rapidity. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits Of mammalia a large Pteropus, or fruit-eating bat, was seen once or twice, but no specimen was procured. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 He informed me that he had known even the big fruit-eating bats to take to bloodsucking. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The fruits are in great demand by the birds, and after they begin to ripen the strawberry beds and cherry trees are freer from robins and other fruit-eating birds. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) The fruit-eating quadrupeds are, relatively, far better sowers of seeds than the birds, for they eat fruit without sending their grists to mill. Life: Its True Genesis The most reasonable conclusion is that man is naturally a frugivorous or fruit-eating animal, like his cousins the monkeys, whom he still so much resembles. Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 For now the cherries were fast ripening, and the fruit-eating birds, especially the thrushes and black-birds, were inflamed at the gleam of crimson colour among the leaves. Birds in Town and Village Pigeons, and other fruit-eating birds, are also the means of distributing plants, since the seeds readily germinate after passing through their bodies. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Sometimes, in the midst of the stillness, a sudden yell or scream will startle one; this comes from some defenseless fruit-eating animal, which is pounced upon by a tiger-cat or stealthy boa-constrictor. The Naturalist on the River Amazons The case is different, however, with the fruit-eating birds. Life: Its True Genesis |
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