raptorial

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• Carapace width does not vary within a molt and is proportional to the length of the males' raptorial forelimbs, which they use in attacking other males.
• Living alongside the largest sharks ever known, the raptorial—meaning actively hunting—whale measured about 60 feet (18 meters) in length, about as big as a modern male sperm whale.
• raptorial birds
• Rich explained the low relative abundances of vultures and other raptorial groups as consistent with the pattern of relatively low representation in modern avifaunas.
• Their lethal raptorial appendages provide effective weapons for acquiring and defending these homes.
• Numerous explanations exist for the evolution of reversed size dimorphism in raptorial species.
• All species are sleek, raptorial predators, relying on fast locomotion (both in flight and on foot) and large mandibles to actively chase down a variety of arthropod prey.
• The creature would have struck Savage were her raptorial legs not wrapped around Tucker's body. MINUTES TO BURN
• In other fine raptorial news, the falcons are also back on the Traveler's Tower in Hartford, and they have three eggs. Never make a promise or plan. take a little love where you can.
• When mimicking a mantis shrimp, for example, the octopus sits in a burrow with only the eyes and part of the head exposed, and wraps one tentacle around its head to resemble the folded raptorial appendages of the mantis shrimp.