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A pet-raising simulation (sometimes called virtual pets or digital pets [1]) is a video game that focuses on the care, raising, breeding or exhibition of simulated animals. These games are software implementations of digital pets. Such games are described as a sub-class of life simulation game.
PET Games and Recreations: Will 'o the Wisp: 1980 Discovery Games: Winged Samurai: 1980 Wipeout: 1979 The Code Works: The Wizard's Castle: 1980 Wumpus II: 1979 Gregory Yob: Creative Computing Software: Wurfball (German) 1978 Commodore Business Machines Yahtzee: 1979 The Code Works: Zap: 1978 Tom Marazita The Code Works: Zeeslag Zone X: 1978 ...
Case colouring refers to this pattern and is commonly encountered as a decorative finish on firearms. Case-hardened steel combines extreme hardness and extreme toughness, which is not readily matched by homogeneous alloys since hard homogeneous steels tend to be brittle, especially those steels whose hardness relies on carbon content alone.
The cosmic egg, world egg or mundane egg is a mythological motif found in the cosmogonies of many cultures and civilizations, including in Proto-Indo-European mythology. [1] Typically, there is an egg which, upon "hatching", either gives rise to the universe itself or gives rise to a primordial being who, in turn, creates the universe.
The karambit or kerambit (as used in Indonesian), kurambik or karambiak (both from the Minangkabau language) is a small curved knife resembling a claw. It is most closely associated with the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra , Indonesia , but is also found throughout other ethnic groups in Southeast Asia .
This type of egg is believed to have been inspired by an ivory hen egg made for the Danish Royal Collection in the 18th century. [11] Known as the Hen Egg, it has a 2.5-inch outer enamel shell and a golden band around the middle. [12] The egg opens to reveal a golden "yolk" within, which opened to reveal a golden hen sitting on golden straw. [12]
The egg case is very smooth and lacks external fibrous material. [1] This egg case can be easily identified from all others in that it is the only one to have a steep ridge; giving the case a convex shape. [1] The keel on the egg case is considered very broad; representing 30–33% of the width of the egg case. [1]
A large coprolite of a carnivorous dinosaur found in Harding County, South Dakota, US A large Miocene coprolite from South Carolina, US Coprolites found on the Blahnita riverbed, Romania, showing a seed inclusion (right specimen) A large coprolite from South Carolina, US Age: White River Oligocene; Location: Northwest Nebraska; Dimensions: Varies (25 mm × 20 mm); Weight: 8-10 g; Features ...