If another kingfisher enters its territory, both birds display from perches, and fights may occur, where a bird will grab the other's beak and try to hold it under water.

If too large to swallow in one or a few chunks, it is transported to a feeding site by carrying it in the beak or ( if too large ) in the feet.

If the prey is too large to swallow whole, it will be ripped into smaller pieces with a sickle claw by holding the prey in the beak and tearing it apart with the claw.

If too much of the osseo-cartilaginous framework is removed, the consequent weakening can cause the external nasal skin to become shapeless, resulting in a “ polly beak ” deformity, resembling the beak of a parrot.

If a glass of water is placed so that the beak dips into it on its descent, the bird will continue to absorb water and the cycle will continue as long as there is enough water in the glass to keep the head wet.

If the egg is taken away, the animal continues with the behavior, pulling its head back as if an imaginary egg is still being maneuvered by the underside of its beak.

If the property is residential, such actions may include mowing the yard, trimming trees and hedges, changing locks, repairing or replacing fixtures ( such as a swimming pool, sprinkler system, or appliances ), or other actions so as to maintain the property for its intended use, to the exclusion of its true owner.

If the trimming adjusts the whole circuit output such as output voltage, frequency, or switching threshold, this is called active trim.

If the circumstances are faced frankly it is not reasonable to expect this to be true.

If his dancers are sometimes made to look as if they might be creatures from Mars, this is consistent with his intention of placing them in the orbit of another world, a world in which they are freed of their pedestrian identities.

If a work is divided into several large segments, a last-minute drawing of random numbers may determine the order of the segments for any particular performance.

If they avoid the use of the pungent, outlawed four-letter word it is because it is taboo ; ;

If Wilhelm Reich is the Moses who has led them out of the Egypt of sexual slavery, Dylan Thomas is the poet who offers them the Dionysian dialectic of justification for their indulgence in liquor, marijuana, sex, and jazz.

If he is the child of nothingness, if he is the predestined victim of an age of atomic wars, then he will consult only his own organic needs and go beyond good and evil.

If it is an honest feeling, then why should she not yield to it??

If he thus achieves a lyrical, dreamlike, drugged intensity, he pays the price for his indulgence by producing work -- Allen Ginsberg's `` Howl '' is a striking example of this tendency -- that is disoriented, Dionysian but without depth and without Apollonian control.

If love reflects the nature of man, as Ortega Y Gasset believes, if the person in love betrays decisively what he is by his behavior in love, then the writers of the beat generation are creating a new literary genre.

If he is good, he may not be legal ; ;

If the man on the sidewalk is surprised at this question, it has served as an exclamation.

If the existent form is to be retained new factors that reinforce it must be introduced into the situation.

If we remove ourselves for a moment from our time and our infatuation with mental disease, isn't there something absurd about a hero in a novel who is defeated by his infantile neurosis??

If many of the characters in contemporary novels appear to be the bloodless relations of characters in a case history it is because the novelist is often forgetful today that those things that we call character manifest themselves in surface behavior, that the ego is still the executive agency of personality, and that all we know of personality must be discerned through the ego.

If he is a traditionalist, he is an eclectic traditionalist.

If our sincerity is granted, and it is granted, the discrepancy can only be explained by the fact that we have come to believe hearsay and legend about ourselves in preference to an understanding gained by earnest self-examination.

If to be innocent is to be helpless, then I had been -- as are we all -- helpless at the start.

If this trade should be resumed, the habitants who had come to be farmers or artisans, and soldiers discharged from the army, must be hardened to the severe life of coureurs de bois.

If untreated, it results in mild to severe impairment of both physical and mental growth and development.

If the severe diarrhea is not treated with intravenous rehydration, it can result in life-threatening dehydration and electrolyte imbalances.

If caught with a gun anywhere else severe penalties are in force, including arrest.

If severe or prolonged it could lead to cell death.

If a person is suffering such severe effects of hypoglycemia that they cannot ( due to combativeness ) or should not ( due to seizures or unconsciousness ) be given anything by mouth, medical personnel such as EMTs and paramedics, or in-hospital personnel can establish IV access and give intravenous dextrose, concentrations varying depending on age ( infants are given 2 ml / kg dextrose 10 %, children are given dextrose 25 %, and adults are given dextrose 50 %).

If severe, death may result.

If too large a dose of opioid antagonist is given to a dependent patient, it will result in withdrawal symptoms ( possibly severe ).

If British losses became severe, the RAF could simply have withdrawn northward and regrouped.

If the books were not deposited, the penalties would be severe, with a fine of £ 5.

* If the conditions become more severe ( cooler stratospheric temperatures, more stratospheric clouds, more active chlorine ), global ozone may decrease at a much greater pace.

If air near the surface becomes extremely warm and unstable, its upward motion can become quite explosive resulting in towering clouds that can break through the tropopause or cause severe weather.

If severe, it progresses to eclampsia, where a convulsions occur, which can be fatal.

If this was the case, Earth's free oxygen may have been nearly or totally depleted during a severe ice age circa 750 to 580 million years ago ( mya ).

If these individuals cannot communicate with their family and caregivers it makes it very difficult for them to participate in daily activities as they also have severe physical difficulties.

If dehydration is so severe as to cause shock ( severely decreased blood pressure with insufficient blood supply to the body's organs ), or a depressed level of consciousness, rapid infusion of saline ( 1 liter for adults, 10 ml / kg in repeated doses for children ) is recommended to restore circulating volume.

If the patient is diagnosed with severe acute pancreatitis, they will need to be admitted to an high dependency unit or intensive care unit ( ICU ).

If shigella is suspected and it is not too severe, the doctor may recommend letting it run its course — usually less than a week.

If the shigella is severe, the doctor may prescribe antibiotics, such as ciprofloxacin or TMP-SMX ( Bactrim ).

If the discomfort is severe, or does not resolve the next day, the person should be seen by an eye doctor to rule out potentially serious complications.

If untreated, children can die from the resulting severe dehydration.

If the organ dysfunction of severe sepsis is associated with low blood pressure ( hypotension ), or insufficient blood flow ( hypoperfusion ) to one or more organs ( causing, for example, lactic acidosis ), this is septic shock.

If the symptoms are severe, the term " substance intoxication delirium " may be used.

If the baby survives the infection, it can be born with severe heart disorders ( Patent ductus arteriosus being the most common ), blindness, deafness, or other life threatening organ disorders.

If the clotting is too severe and the clot breaks free, the traveling clot is now known as an embolus.