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- Bird of prey (2997 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Birds of prey}}
18: A '''bird of prey''' or '''raptor''' is a [[bird]] that hunts its f...
20: Diurnal birds of prey belong to the orders [[Accipitriformes]] and [[Fa...
24: ** [[Pandionidae]]: Osprey
32: ...nal birds of prey -- the [[owl]]s -- are separate from the diurnal families, and are in the order [[St...
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- Eye (21834 bytes)
9: ...yonic development, while mollusk eyes grow inward from skin cells.
13: ...rm the lenses of their eyes. In this, they differ from most other arthropods, which have soft eyes. Th...
16: ... enough visual inputs to hunt and pounce on their prey. Some insect larvae like caterpillars have a diff...
24: ...ours, the [[aqueous humour]]. Most of the light refraction occurs at the [[cornea]] which has a fixed ...
25: ...from a single point of a distant object and light from a single point of a near object being brought t... - Centipede (2336 bytes)
19: ...terior.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Note that claw arises from the first thoracic segment]]
20: ... in some species. Despite their name, which stems from the latin words 'centi' (meaning 'hundred') and...
24: ...floors underneath [[bat]]s. When a baby bat falls from the cave ceiling, the centipedes swarm over and... - Society (6217 bytes)
2: ...ety''' is a group of human beings distinguishable from other groups by mutual interests, characteristi...
10: ...dly association with others." Societas is derived from ''socius'' meaning "companion" and thus the mea...
15: ... and [[Post-Industrial]] societies to be separate from traditional agricultural societies.
29: ...ly to survive than an equivalent society which is prey to others which can encroach on their resources. ...
41: ...en known as societies (such as [[friendly society|friendly societies]] and [[building society|building... - Europe (23835 bytes)
6: ...the third largest continent after [[Asia]] and [[Africa]]. The population of Europe is roughly 705,500...
13: ...which means "sunrise" and is the land to the east from a [[Mesopotamian]] perspective.
18: ...g large colonial empires with vast holdings in [[Africa]], [[the Americas]], and [[Asia]].
20: ...to power and set out on a conquest, forming a new French empire that soon collapsed. After these conqu...
22: ...Economic Consequences|aftermath of World War I]]. From the end of [[World War II]] through the end of ... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
39: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />[[1947-08-14]]<br /...
62: ...nions of the divided Greek empire of [[Bactria]] (from the areas of the [[Panjshir province|Panjshir]]...
64: The Kushan kingdom stretched from modern-day [[Uzbekistan]] to northwestern India...
69: ... by the [[Mughals]] from [[1526]] until [[1739]]. From 1739 until the early [[19th century]] the entir...
72: ... the British by the Muslim leader [[Tipu Sultan]] from 1749 to 1799 left the remnants of the Mughal Em... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
37: established_dates = From [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugo...
54: ...rope]], [[NATO]], and has observer status in [[La Francophonie]].
59: ...its independence, being largely subsumed into the Frankish empire. Many [[Slavs]] [[christianization|c...
61: The [[Freising manuscripts]], the earliest surviving writt...
65: ...med on [[25 June]] [[1991]] upon its independence from Yugoslavia. Slovenia joined [[NATO]] on [[29 Ma... - Chameleon (4625 bytes)
20: ...ame "Chameleon" means "earth lion" and is derived from the Greek words chamai (on the ground, on the e...
34: The main distribution of Chameleons is [[Africa]] and [[Madagascar]], although some species ar...
38: ...ut rather sit motionless for hours and wait for a prey to pass by. They mainly feed on different [[arthr... - Odonata (3722 bytes)
20: ...ough generally fairly similar, dragonflies differ from damselflies in several, easily recognizable tra...
23: ...ater, seeking open fields and hilltops where they prey on smaller insects, catching these in flight. Dra... - Giraffe (8140 bytes)
16: Native to [[Africa]], the giraffe is related to [[deer]] and [[ca...
26: ...ground, running down to the hooves. Range: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique.
28: * West African or Nigerian Giraffe (''G.c. peralta'') &mdash...
30: ...ubian and Rothschild's, and Angolan and Southern African giraffes, respectively, into single subspecie...
34: ...ny structure of the neck is essentially unchanged from that of other mammals: there are no extra verte... - Ant (13019 bytes)
17: ...g food, digging, or defense. Their color can vary from black, brown, red, to even green or blue in som...
21: Ants thrive in various habitats, from rainforests to deserts. They are terrestrial an...
43: ...Image: ants.jpg|400px|right|Fire ants, originally from South America.]]
52: ...ental processes in the insect world. This journey from egg to adult is a complex and meticulously orch...
61: ...time of transformation, where the ant transitions from its larval form to its adult form. - Cobra (snake) (2058 bytes)
4: ...ns of [[Asia]] and [[Africa]]. Cobras kill their prey, usually small [[rodent]]s and [[bird]]s, by inje...
6: Cobras come in varying colors from black or dark brown to yellowish-white. The (je...
8: ...lude the [[mongoose]] and possibly some [[Bird of prey|raptors]].
10: ...similar (referring to the hood); it probably came from [[Latin]] ''coluber'' = "snake". - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...ption = Skull of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex|T. Rex]]'' from the <br /> [[United States Department of the In...
16: ...of the [[Cretaceous]] period. Dinosaurs are known from both fossils and nonfossils including [[fossil]...
20: ...on|classifying]] dinosaurs, which are still known from a spotty [[fossil record]].
34: ...are [[morphology|morphologically]] quite distinct from their reptilian ancestors, and referring to bir...
42: ...mong those that are recovered, very few are known from complete skeletons and even impressions of soft... - Spider (29039 bytes)
11: ...er [[Mesothelae]]'''<br /> <!-- Families missing from this list: Microstigmatidae, Nemesiidae, Barych...
79: ... [[Liphistiidae]], rarely seen burrowing spiders from Asia. The study of spiders is known as [[arachn...
81: ...bing, forming smooth walls for burrows, cocooning prey, and for many other applications.
98: ... web|web]]s and other fixed locations waiting for prey have very poor eyesight, but possess extreme sens...
106: ...age (Foelix, 1996). A spider does not transition from the nymph to the imago until it has become sexu... - Boobies (2609 bytes)
28: ...ing from a height into the sea and pursuing their prey underwater. They have facial air sacs under their...
47: * Family [[Fregatidae]] - [[frigatebird]]s - Albertosaurus (2738 bytes)
21: ...ey: ''Albertosaurus'' may have went after fleeter prey, like [[duck-bill]]ed dinosaurs and [[Ornithomimi...
27: [[Image:Dd albertos 300.jpg|frame|Albertosaurus]] - Human (48024 bytes)
24: Humans have an erect body carriage that frees the upper limbs for manipulating objects, a hi...
30: ... [[state]]s down to [[Family|families]], and also from the [[community]] to the [[self]]. Seeking to [...
54: ...species of [[chimpanzee]]s should be reclassified from ''[[Pan troglodytes]]'' and ''[[Pan paniscus]]'...
56: ...had]] and seems to indicate an earlier divergence from the ape lineage.
58: ... genome is significantly affected by assimilation from archaic humans (i.e., 80% of loci may have some... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...balloon', and the colourless patches that confude prey trapped inside ]]A '''carnivorous plant''' is a [...
13: *Pitfall traps ([[pitcher plant]]s), which trap prey in a rolled leaf that contains a pool of digestiv...
14: *Flypaper traps, which trap prey using a sticky mucilage;
15: *Snap traps, which trap prey with rapid leaf movements;
16: *Bladder traps, which suck in prey with a bladder that generates an internal vacuum;... - Eukaryote (9230 bytes)
17: ...r [[three-domain system|domain]]. The name comes from the Greek ''eus'' or true and ''karyon'' or nut...
25: ... membrane-bound organelles are ultimately derived from such vesicles.
27: ...tly, they generally enter vesicles, which bud off from the smooth section. In most eukaryotes, the pr...
29: ...pel material used to deflect predators or capture prey. In multicellular organisms, [[hormone]]s are of...
33: ...a. They are now generally held to have developed from [[endosymbiosis|endosymbiotic]] prokaryotes, pr... - Dodo (9332 bytes)
15: ...itius]]. The Dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.
20: Nevertheless, from artists' renditions we know that the dodo had b...
24: ...easons, the dodo probably fattened itself on ripe fruits at the end of the wet season to live through ...
27: ...sness, made it easy prey. The name ''dodo'' comes from the archaic [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ...
29: ...en found in the old [[midden]]s of the Dutch fort Frederik Hendrik. - Shark (14021 bytes)
17: ...dermal denticles covering the [[body]] to protect from [[parasite]]s, and rows of replaceable [[tooth|...
20: ... The lower teeth are primarily used for holding [[prey]], while the top are used for cutting into it. (G...
22: ... in that it can swim in both salt water ocean and fresh water rivers (and in [[lake Nicaragua]]). A fe...
24: ...resting shark sinks to the sea bed.<!--unsourced; from editor's memory.-->
31: ...harks in general. The name may have been derived from the [[Maya language|Mayan]] word for shark, ''x...
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