(1) Fear of crocodiles and hippopotami is important because villagers are compelled to use for domestic purposes, the smaller, shallower habitats, where Bulinus (Ph.)
(2) Lysipressin (lysine vasopressin) was not detected in posterior pituitaries of two hippopotami and nine peccaries (less than 2% of arginine vasopressin in molar ratios).
(3) Venous whole-blood samples for the determination of lead concentrations were obtained from hippopotami (Hippopotamus amphibius) (n = 26) during a population control programme on the banks of the Sabie River.
(4) On account of the morphology of certain tegumental structures of both male and female parasites, it is suggested that S. hippopotami is adapted to the pulmonary arterial circulation of its host.
(5) The results indicate that S. hippopotami is not conspecific to S. mansoni as suggested in the literature.
(6) The chelonian polystomatids (and also the single monogenean which infects a mammal, Oculotrema hippopotami) feed on epithelial cells and mucus, the diet typical of monopisthocotyleans.
(7) The teguments of adult Schistosoma mattheei from cattle and buffalo, S. hippopotami from hippopotamus and S. margrebowiei from lechwe were examined by means of scanning electron microscopy for cells possibly engaged in immunological action.
(8) Elephants, deer, hippopotami and other species became dwarfed on islands in Indonesia, the Mediterranean, the east Pacific and elsewhere.
(9) Schistosoma hippopotami were collected from the right heart chambers and pulmonary arteries of Hippopotamus amphibius culled in the Kruger National Park.
Hippos
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(1) Finally, the receptor labeled with [3H]ZK 91587 was readily displaced by administration of aldosterone in vivo in physiological amounts, from 5 whole brain regions examined, but preferentially from preoptic area, amygdala and HIPPO.
(2) Deciding not to wait until a hippo was about to swallow me whole, I started training to get myself fit.
(3) "It's the only park in the world with three types of great apes (mountain and lowland gorillas, chimpanzees), extensive large savanna mammals (elephants, buffaloes, hippos, large cats etc), and completely unique species like the okapi."
(4) We later got a kick out of Loopin’ Chewie , a variant on Loopin’ Louie – a tactile board game that works like something of a reverse-Hungry Hungry Hippos.
(5) In 2007, a hippo died after being transferred from the Denver zoo, and visitors were astonished to see a gorilla wielding a knife that was accidentally left in its enclosure in 2009.
(6) (2) The cortical and subcortical structures (Hippo, RF) seemed to be involved in the neural circuit responsible for the avoidance lever-pressing, whereas the sensorimotor cortex may be essential in the circuit for the alimentary lever-pressing.
(7) Open wide … one of Mindy's most extreme experiences was nearly being swallowed by a hippo.
(8) Other entries in the book include a list of safe and dangerous vaginal stimulators ("Dil-dos and Dil-don'ts"), "Bestselling Sex Toys Of All Time" (Rubik's Pubes and Horny Horny Hippos) and an illustrated spot-the-fetish gallery.
(9) The article surveys some of the scientific fundamentals of hippo- and riding therapy, and its methods using the characteristic horseback three dimensional rhythmic movement impulses for its therapeutic values, particularly in cerebral palsy.
(10) Binding of the three ligands was comparable in cytosol from HIPPO and it was slightly higher for [3H]DEX in AMYG.
(11) We suggest that the noted differences in the Kd of type II receptors between the spinal cord and HIPPO could account for a difference in sensitivity of the two systems in the physiological adrenal hormone range.
(12) Likewise the spaceships, the weapons, the sliding titles, the masks, the wheezing and all those intergalactic beasties, as if someone drew a hippo while tipsy.
(13) A schistosomiasis prevalence and intensity survey was carried out among sugar cane cutters of Hippo Valley and Triangle, the two largest irrigated sugar estates in Zimbabwe.
(14) The hippo isn’t related to how a gorilla got a knife or how an otter got stuck in a pair of pants.” The zoo has said that the incidents are unrelated and that it maintains standards that meet or exceed industry norms.
(15) They are up to G. All around the vast grounds of Kim Dotcom's luxury home just north of Auckland, New Zealand , gardeners and technicians are busy, like Oompa-Loompas at the Chocolate Factory, setting up for the big night, overlooked by life-size inflatable giraffes and hippos.
(16) Thames Water will send a Hippo or a silica-filled Save-a-flush device to anyone in the UK – and up to 50 of each to its customers.
(17) Using an ordinary brick instead will save you the price of a hippo (£6.99 for three, from 01989 766667, hippo-the-watersaver.co.uk ), but the brick will slowly disintegrate over time, blocking up your water system.
(18) Examination of the regional distribution of QPRTase in the rat CNS and retina indicated a greater than 20-fold difference between the area displaying the highest activity (olfactory bulb) and those of only moderate activity (frontal cortex, striatum, retina, hippo-campus).
(19) Significant increase in serum concentration of growth hormone (GH) and decrease in pituitary concentration of GH were measured in HIPPO hamsters with a homologous radioimmunoassay method for hamster GH.
(20) An abnormally high mortality among hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) in the Luangwa River valley between June and November 1987 and estimated to number more than 4000 deaths was attributed to anthrax.