************* Otariids: sea lions, eared seals, fur seals

Otariids are adapted to a semi-aquatic lifestyle, feeding and migrating in the water but breeding and resting on land or ice.

Otariids arose in the late Miocene ( 10-12 million years ago ) in the North Pacific, diversifying rapidly into the Southern Hemisphere where most species now live.

* Otariids on MarineBio. org

Otariids, which are generally more land-adapted, form major aggregations in the summer months on beaches or rocky outcrops.

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This period had also known Augustine of Hippo, Nonius Marcellus and Martianus Capella among many others.

As sun-god and god of light, Apollo was also known by the epithets Aegletes ( ; Αἰγλήτης, Aiglētēs, from αἴγλη, " light of the sun "), Helius ( ; Ἥλιος, Helios, literally " sun "), Phanaeus ( ; Φαναῖος, Phanaios, literally " giving or bringing light "), and Lyceus ( ; Λύκειος, Lukeios, from Proto-Greek * λύκη, " light ").

For this he was also known as Parnopius ( ; Παρνόπιος, Parnopios, from πάρνοψ, " locust ") and to the Romans as Culicarius ( ; from Latin culicārius, " of midges ").

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The oldest known caecilian is Eocaecilia micropodia, also from Arizona, while the earliest salamander is Beiyanerpeton jianpingensis from the Late Jurassic of northeastern China.

It is also known as Alyeska, the " great land ", an Aleut word derived from the same root.

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The aardvark has been known to sleep in a recently excavated ant nest, which also serves as protection from its predators.

Other species — most of the New World quails ( also known as the toothed quails ), the enigmatic Stone Partridge ( Ptilopachus petrosus ) of Africa, guineafowl and eared pheasants ( Crossoptilon )— are all notable for their daily excursions on foot which may take them many miles in a given day.

Aside from seabirds, the Australian salmon are also important in the diets of cetaceans such as orca ( Orcinus orca ) and bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus & T. aduncus ); several species of large sharks, for example ; great white ( Carcharodon carcharias ), dusky ( Carcharhinus obscurus ), copper ( Carcharhinus brachyurus ), and sand tiger ( Carcharias taurus ) sharks ; and eared seals such as the Australian sea lion ( Neophoca cinerea ).

Chikhtei means " ear " in Mongolian so the name of the instrument there also translates as “ four eared ” instrument.

It has also been argued that the names mean " stocky " and " slim " peoples, not long and short eared ones.

The Minoan goddess represented in seals and other remains, whom Greeks called Potnia Thēron ' Mistress of Animals ', many of whose attributes were later also absorbed by Artemis, seems to have been a mother goddess type, for in some representations she suckles the animals that she holds.

Ivory was also commonly carved into elaborate seals utilized by officials to " sign " documents and decrees by stamping them with their unique official seal.

* Seals ( Family Phocidae ), sea lions ( Family Otariidae-which also include the fur seals ), and the Walrus ( Family Odobenidae ) are all considered pinnipeds.

Depictions of daemons between lions, of men between daemons, and processions of daemons, appear also in Mycenean seals and jewllerry, and in Phigalia of Arcadia.

The Minoan " cult of the tree " appears also in Mycenean seals and jewellerry, however we don ’ t know if this cult in Greece was similar with the Minoan.

The local population of grey seal is slightly increasing Ringed seals can also be encountered everywhere in the coastal waters of Saaremaa, but because of their timidity it has not been possible to make an estimation of their number.

Additional red seals were added in later years by owners of the painting, which also reveals that the painting was in the Imperial Chinese collection in the 18th century.

Also in Britain, Norton Motorcycles developed a Wankel rotary engine for motorcycles, based on the Sachs air-cooled Wankel that powered the DKW / Hercules W-2000 motorcycle, which was included in their Commander and F1 ; Suzuki also made a production motorcycle with a Wankel engine, the RE-5, where they used ferrotic alloy apex seals and an NSU rotor in a successful attempt to prolong the engine's life.

As well as the rotor apex seals evident in the conceptual diagram, the rotor must also seal against the chamber ends.

There are three resident pods that eat salmon but also some transient orcas that come to take Harbor seals ( Phoca vitulina ).

Clay, being relatively impermeable to water, is also used where natural seals are needed, such as in the cores of dams, or as a barrier in landfills against toxic seepage ( lining the landfill, preferably in combination with geotextiles ).

In the Indus Valley Civilization, rectangular seals were used to label trade goods and also had other purposes.

In ancient Egypt, lapis lazuli was a favorite stone for amulets and ornaments such as scarabs ; it was also used in ancient Mesopotamia by the Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, and Babylonians for seals and jewelry.

Soapstone is also used to carve Chinese seals.

Cylinder seals were also used to " sign " documents and mark objects as the owner's property.

These seals are also used to prevent undetected access to the adjustments of the instrument.

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This depiction is consistent with the remains of these birds found at other Israelite Iron Age sites, when the rooster was used as a fighting bird ; they are also pictured on other seals from the period as a symbol of ferocity, such as on the one engraved on a late-seventh-century BC red jasper seal inscribed " Jehoahaz, son of the king ", which likely it belonged to Jehoahaz of Judah " while he was still a prince during his father's life.

A royal cypher, appearing on buildings and official seals, or a crown, seen on provincial and national coats of arms, as well as police force and Canadian Forces regimental and maritime badges and rank insignia, is also used to illustrate the monarchy as the locus of authority, the latter without referring to any specific monarch.

Earless seals, also called true seals, or phocids, are the most diverse and widespread pinnipeds.

Eared seals, also called walking seals or otariids, include the animals commonly known as sea lions and fur seals.