WebEach antler grows from an attachment point on the skull called a pedicle. While an antler is growing, it is covered with highly vascular skin called velvet, which supplies oxygen and nutrients to the growing bone. Antlers are considered one of the most exaggerated cases of male secondary sexual traits in the animal kingdom, and grow faster than any other …

WebVelvet antler is the whole cartilaginous antler in a precalcified growth stage of the Cervidae family including the species of deer such as elk, moose, and caribou. Velvet antler is covered in a hairy, velvet-like "skin" known as velvet and its tines are rounded, because the antler has not calcified or finished developing. Velvet antler preparations are sold in …

WebSilent Night, Deadly Night is a 1984 American psychological slasher film directed by Charles E. Sellier, Jr., and starring Robert Brian Wilson, Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero, Linnea Quigley, Britt Leach, and Leo Geter.The story concerns a young man named Billy, who suffers from post-traumatic stress over witnessing his parents' murder …

WebMoose range map Synonyms; Cervus alces Linnaeus, 1758: The moose (in North America) or elk (in Eurasia) (Alces alces) is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the only species in the genus Alces.It is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family.Most adult male moose have distinctive broad, palmate ("open-hand shaped") …

WebThe sika deer (Cervus nippon), also known as the Northern spotted deer or the Japanese deer, is a species of deer native to much of East Asia and introduced to other parts of the world. Previously found from northern Vietnam in the south to the Russian Far East in the north, it is now uncommon except in Japan, where the species is overabundant.

WebUngulates (/ ˈ ʌ ŋ ɡ j ə l eɪ t s,-l ə t s / UNG-gyə-layts, -⁠ləts) are members of the diverse clade Ungulata which primarily consists of large mammals with hooves.These include odd-toed ungulates such as horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs; and even-toed ungulates such as cattle, pigs, giraffes, camels, sheep, deer, and hippopotamuses. Cetaceans such as …

WebGoggles, or safety glasses, are forms of protective eyewear that usually enclose or protect the area surrounding the eye in order to prevent particulates, water or chemicals from striking the eyes.They are used in chemistry laboratories and in woodworking.They are often used in snow sports as well, and in swimming.Goggles are often worn when using power …

WebIn archaeology, a lithic flake is a "portion of rock removed from an objective piece by percussion or pressure,": 255 and may also be referred to as simply a flake, or collectively as debitage.The objective piece, or the rock being reduced by the removal of flakes, is known as a core.: 254, 258 Once the proper tool stone has been selected, a percussor or …

WebCalgary (/ ˈ k æ l ɡ ər i / KAL-gər-ee) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces.As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. ...

WebDu point de vue anatomique, les bois sont très différents des cornes : il s'agit d'organes osseux vascularisés et caducs, qui tombent et repoussent chaque année, et non de gaines cornées recouvrant une cheville osseuse.La croissance se déroule de façon continue sur un an. Au cours de leur croissance qui débute au printemps, les bois sont d'abord …