Lisa McMurray (c. 1974 - 6 January 2009) is notable for being the first victim of the disease rabies in Northern Ireland for 71 years. It is believed she contracted the infection several months prior to diagnosis, whilst overseas in an area where rabies is prominent in animals, b...
Abattoirs (also known as slaughterhouses) in the UK have tended to be somewhat secretive about their activities, mainly due to fear of animal rights campaigners. Also, the general public are generally squeamish about meat production. The number of animals killed for food in UK ab...
Villanova University offers bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional programs through its five divisions:College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (1842)Dean: Kail Ellis, O.S.A., Ph.D.*Applied Statistics (M.S.)*Art History (B.A.) *Astronomy & Astrophysics (B.S.)*Biology (B...
The major products of agriculture (also referred to as farm products, agricultural commodities) can be broadly grouped into raw agricultural products, intermediate agricultural products and processed products.More specific Examples:-* foods, ** cereals (grains), ** vegetables, **...
A number of aircraft parts allow the improvement of an aircraft regarding its aerodynamic drag, lift, noise reduction, environmental friendliness, ... These improvements are vital in order to adhering to the new requirements for commercial aviation. Also, some aircraft types such...
This is a list of known aliens in the Honorverse, a series of military science fiction novels written by David Weber.By the time of the Honorverse accounts, humanity had met 12 sentient alien species. Only a few have been mentioned in the books (Stilties, Treecats, Beowulf Gremli...
Sightings of giant sharks measuring anywhere from have been alleged throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Such sightings, despite not being regarded as credible by most researchers, are sometimes termed "meg sightings", after the megalodon, a large shark that is considered to h...
The Known Worlds of the fictional Andromeda universe include more than a million star systems, scattered across the galaxies of the Local Group. Slipstream travel discovered by the Vedrans made actual distance irrelevant and allowed them to colonize the "Three Galaxies" quickly a...
Some well-known types of animals, listed by their common names:*Aardvark*Aardwolf*Afghan Hound*Albatross*Alligator*Alpaca *Anaconda*Angelfish*Anglerfish*Ant*Anteater*Antelope*Antlion*Ape*Aphid*Armadillo*Arrow crab*Asp*Ass*Baboon*Badger*Bald Eagle*Bandicoot*Barnacle*Basilisk*Barra...
The Memphis Zoo has 19 exhibits that are located in three zones—Central, East and West. The animals on exhibit are listed here by zone and exhibit. Some listings are restricted to the more notable animals.Central zoneAnimals of the Night*Aardvark*Armadillos**Three-banded ar...
The animals in the book After Man: A Zoology of the Future are discussed in great detail and include information such as habitat, predator/prey relationships and their evolution. Temperate Woodlands and Grasslands :Angler Heron, Butorides piscatorius, a Heron from North America t...
There are a number of gameplay modes in the game, and each (with the exception of Freeform) has differing limitations.A Freeform game in Zoo Tycoon allows you to create the zoo of your choice. Although money is finite, there are no goals set up for the player and there is no dead...
This page is a list of piped links to future-related sections of other articles. Astronomy*Galaxy Business*Advertising *Copy testing *Corporate venture capital *Executive information system *Human Resources *Link love *Media monitoring service DemographicsEconomics*Coal *Offshore...
Articles related to the Sun include:*Corona*Solar wind**Coronal mass ejection(CME)*Solar eclipse*#total eclipse*#annular eclipse*#hybrid eclipse*#partial eclipse*Magnitude of eclipse**Sunspot, where most solar flares and coronal mass ejections originate**Wolf number, counts sunsp...
This page lists described species of the family Asilidae. There are about 7100 described species worldwide in this family.ABC D Genus Dakinomyia* Dakinomyia froggattii (Dakin & Fordham, 1922) * Dakinomyia secuta (Daniels, 1979) Genus Damalina* Damalina bicolora (Tomasovic, 20...
This is a list of auto-antonyms in English -- that is, words which in and of themselves have two or more generally accepted meanings in the English language that directly or generally contradict each other. Such words are also known as antagonyms, contronyms, and words having sel...
The following is a list of Baeckea species accepted by Plants of the World Online as at January 2022, apart from Baeckea crassifolia, accepted by the Australian Plant Census: *Baeckea brevifolia (Rudge) DC. (N.S.W.)*Baeckea crassifolia Lindl. desert heath-myrtle*Baeckea diosmifol...
This is a list of books that deal with non-evolutionary explanations for the diversity of life.*Michael J. Behe "Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution" (1998) Simon and Schuster Adult Publishing Group, ISBN 0-684-83493-6.*Percival Davis, Dean H. Kenyon "Of Pa...
Several episodes of Boston Legal allude to Star Trek and its various spin-offs. William Shatner (Denny Crane) gained fame for playing the role of Captain James T. Kirk in the original series and seven of the ten feature films that followed. Rene Auberjonois (Paul Lewiston) previo...
:This is a partial list of some famous boxing rivalries. (If there is one that is not included here, please feel free to add it.)Just like in other sports, boxing has had its share of famous rivalries. Boxing rivalries can cause great interest among boxing fans due to many reason...