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[2] The individuals of many taxonomic groups of animals , primarily invertebrates, are hermaphrodites, capable of producing viable gametes of both sexes . In the great majority of tunicates , mollusks , and earthworms , hermaphroditism is a normal condition, enabling a form of sexual reproduction in which either partner can act as the female or ...
The word pedigree is a corruption of the Anglo-Norman French pé de grue or "crane's foot", either because the typical lines and split lines (each split leading to different offspring of the one parent line) resemble the thin leg and foot of a crane [3] or because such a mark was used to denote succession in pedigree charts. [4]
A Will Ferrell sketch. Ferrell is Frank Henderson, a dad who, although friendly most of the time, threatens his kids whenever they start climbing on his shed. [1] [2] In the first two appearances of the sketch, Frank is in his backyard making small talk with neighbors, John (David Koechner) and Susan Taylor (Nancy Walls).
The earliest manuscript evidence for the story comes from late 13th-century France. [2] A Dit des trois morts et des trois vifs by Baudoin de Condé has been traced back to 1280. In the poem, an unnamed narrator describes seeing a boar hunt , a typical opening of the genre of the chanson d'aventure .
Pigafetta also recorded that Magellan had bestowed on these people the name "Patagão" (i.e. "Patagon", or Patagoni in Pigafetta's Italian plural), but he did not further elaborate on his reasons for doing so. [3] The original word would probably be in Ferdinand Magellan's native Portuguese (patagão) or the Spanish of his men (patagón).
Who Are Those Guys? was the first New Riders album to feature Stephen Love on bass guitar. The band's previous bass player, Skip Battin , had left to join the Flying Burrito Brothers . Love, a former member of Rick Nelson 's Stone Canyon Band, wrote three of the songs on the album, and sings lead on six of the album's ten tracks.
Vultures possess highly developed eyesight, capable of detecting a carcass measuring approximately 3 feet (0.9 m) in length from a distance of 4 miles (6.4 km), even at altitudes of up to 3 kilometres (9,800 ft). Their hearing is similarly acute, with a range of around 5,000 Hz and a threshold of 20 dB.
Polyandry (/ ˈ p ɒ l i ˌ æ n d r i, ˌ p ɒ l i ˈ æ n-/; from Ancient Greek πολύ (polú) 'many' and ἀνήρ (anḗr) 'man') is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time.