When attacking smaller prey, such as young lambs, the kill is made by biting the skull and spinal regions, causing massive tissue and bone damage.

The impact shattered his skull and caused massive brain trauma.

These techniques could be nearly instantly fatal or incapacitating, as a thrust to the skull, heart, or major blood vessel would cause massive trauma.

Daspletosaurus had a massive skull that could reach more than 1 meter ( 3. 3 ft ) in length.

Daspletosaurus shared the same body form as other tyrannosaurids, with a short, S-shaped neck supporting the massive skull.

The massive blue-gray bill is the largest of any living accipiterid, a feature enhanced by the relatively small skull of the species.

" When doctors learned of the man's medical history, they performed a computed tomography ( CT ) scan and magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI ) scan, and were astonished to see " massive enlargement " of the lateral ventricles in the skull.

A medical examination determined that the cause of death was a massive skull fracture.

Seventy-five people died from smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning, four from smoke inhalation alone, three from burns and smoke inhalation, only one person died from burns alone, and one person died from massive skull trauma, caused by jumping from a high window.

The skull prominences, especially sagittal crest and crista occipitalis are very high and strong in old males, and often much more massive than usually observed in the biggest skulls of Indian tigers.

The skull of the striped hyena differs from that of the brown and spotted hyena by its smaller size and slightly less massive build.

Dromaeosaurus differs from most of its relatives in having a short, massive skull, a deep mandible, and robust teeth.

On 6 September 2010 Karl Shuker announced that a hitherto-unknown photograph of Trunko had been discovered by German cryptozoologist Markus Hemmler on the website of the Margate Business Association, and Shuker recognised from this photo that Trunko had been nothing more than a globster, i. e. a massive, tough skin-sac of blubber containing collagen that is sometimes left behind when a whale dies and its skull and skeleton have separated from the skin and sunk to the sea bottom.

He observed that her cracked right eye socket and the two-inch fracture in her skull are injuries " typical of someone who has been hit by a baseball bat .” The blow caused a massive hemorrhage, filling her skull with blood and pushing her brain to one side.

The skull consisted of a massive frontal beak, and four pairs of fenestrae ( skull openings ).

With a massive body, broad skull and head of generally square appearance, it is the largest dog breed in terms of mass.

The accident resulted in severe skull fractures, and massive head trauma and put him into a deep coma.

Brachyrostral (" short snouted ") forms are the opposite, they have a massive, broad snout, and a very strong skull and jaws, with the front teeth like fangs for holding the prey, and the rear teeth blade-like for slicing the meat into chunks that can easily be swallowed ( an animal with different types of teeth like this is called heterodont ).

The skull was massive, with a large nostril, a tall straight nose horn, and a parietosquamosal frill ( a neck frill ) crowned with at least four large spikes.

Although the paper wadding in the blank that Hexum discharged did not penetrate his skull, the wad struck him in the temple with enough blunt force trauma to shatter a quarter-sized piece of his skull and propel the pieces into his brain, causing massive hemorrhaging.

The skull of Mosasaurus tapered off into a short, conical process, and the jaws were armed with massive, sharp, conical teeth.

As a tyrannosaurid, Albertosaurus was a bipedal predator with tiny, two-fingered hands and a massive head with dozens of large, sharp teeth.

A large figurehead, being carved from massive wood and perched on the very foremost tip of the hull, adversely affected the sailing qualities of the ship.

The temple's center contains a staggering amount of rain water engulfing the floor ( if there ever is or was one ), a strange wicker bridge, and a massive statue of what resembles a football player from the famous Heisman Trophy perched on a chair above a lotus flower.

Its massive head was perched on the end of an S-shaped neck.

The body of HA / Class 71 locomotives was never intended to carry any weight, the construction following typical, steam-experience methods for the 1950s of massive under-frames with the body perched on top to stop everything getting wet.

A massive hourglass is seen on the checkered floor as well as band members perched on tall stands and leafless trees.

Despite the rejection of the traditional accounts on many points of detail, as late as 1948 it was still possible to postulate a massive and comparatively sudden ( beginning in ca. 450 ) influx of Germans as the type of invasions.

Also, the Defense Atomic Support Agency sponsored a long-range study at this Institute on the response of massive suspension cultures of mammalian cells to acute radiation.

It speeds muscle growth and power development even for the advanced bodybuilder because each hip and leg is exercised separately, thus enabling a massive, concentrated effort to be focused on each.

A massive investigation of the characteristics of in-migrants and prospective out-migrants in Ruanda-Urundi is being carried on by J. J. Maquet, former Director of the Social Science branch of IRSAC, now a professor at l'Universite Officielle Du Congo Belge et Du Ruanda-Urundi.

He was freshly shaved, and if there had been any alcohol in him we could never have missed detecting some scent of it on the massive gusts of his laughter.

He commented favorably on colonization in the Emancipation Proclamation, but all attempts at such a massive undertaking failed.

Johnston launched a massive surprise attack with his concentrated forces against Grant at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862.

The influence of Sumerian on Akkadian ( and vice versa ) is evident in all areas, from lexical borrowing on a massive scale, to syntactic, morphological, and phonological convergence.

* 1917 – World War I: The Battle of Arras – the battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.

The influence of Sumerian on Akkadian ( and vice versa ) is evident in all areas, from lexical borrowing on a massive scale, to syntactic, morphological, and phonological convergence.

* 1990 – Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom, say they have seized what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.

He felt that he could not always rely on the local populace in providing a loyal army ; and therefore bought a massive standing army consisting mainly of Berbers from North Africa as well as slaves from other areas.

The Presiding Bishop oversees the temporal affairs ( buildings, properties, commercial corporations, and so on ) of the worldwide Church, including the Church's massive global humanitarian aid and social welfare programs.

However, earlier controversies over impact of the Boston extension of the Massachusetts Turnpike, particularly on the heavily populated neighborhood of Brighton, and the large number of additional homes that would have had to be destroyed, led to massive community opposition to both the Inner Belt and the Boston section of I-95.

In the mid 3rd century, the Bastarnae were part of a Gothic-led grand coalition of lower Danube tribes which inflicted immense damage on the Balkan provinces of the Roman empire in a series of massive invasions.

Nelson's plan, shaped through discussion with his senior captains during the return voyage to Alexandria, was to advance on the French and pass down the seaward side of the van and centre of the French line, so that each French ship would face two British ships and the massive Orient would be fighting against three.

Many Allied operations in the Western Desert and on the Eastern Front relied on massive concentrations of firepower to establish breakthroughs by fast-moving armoured units.

Bunge & Born provided the Menem government with its first two economy ministers, and the combination of large rate increases on public services ( around 500 %), a simplified exchange rate and a massive, mandatory wage hike led to a sharp economic turnaround between July and November 1989.

Finally, the University in 1964 provoked a massive student protest by banning distribution of political literature on campus.

When the Soviet Union was the only member state which refused to sign, the U. S. embarked on a massive nuclear weapons testing, development, and deployment program.

The lackluster presidents and ineffectual administrations of the period did little to respond to the country's dependence on volatile nitrate exports, spiraling inflation, and massive urbanization.