The seal's principal figure is Minerva-a symbol appropriate for an organization created in the midst of the American Revolution and dedicated to the cultivation of every art and science to " advance the interest, honour, dignity, and happiness of a free, independent, and virtuous people.

The head is very large and cow-like or reptilian with teeth similar to a crabeater seal's.

Thus, the seal's total gestation period is around eleven months, though its active gestation period is nine months.

Although this 3, 400 pound, nearly ten foot wide seal was created in the foundry at San Quentin, the fact that the building had appeared in the seal more than fifty years before this seal's creation in 1952 ( twelve pre-1952 examples that include the building are shown below ), that the configuration of the building on this seal is nearly identical to how it appeared in 1895, and that no structure in this form had ever existed at the prison dismiss the rumor.

The seal's diameter is and the combined weight of both sides of the seal matrix exceeds.

The only other fur seal found in the Northern Hemisphere is the Guadalupe fur seal which overlaps slightly with the northern fur seal's range in California.

The portion of the Guadalupe fur seal's range which is under U. S. jurisdiction is at the limit of the species range.

The brown fur seal's main predator is the great white shark, although they are also preyed upon by various other animals, as well, such as orcas.

Very little is known of this seal's reproduction.

Once a Weddell seal's teeth have worn down to a certain level, the seal is unable to eat and eventually starves to death.

The seal's use is only on page ( s ) that pertain to the University and add information and clarifying information about the article and identification of the topic.

The Saimaa ringed seal's longevity is just over 20 years.

Windy Scuttlebut and the curious Flub-a-Dub ( a combination of eight animals: a duck's bill, a cat's whiskers, a spaniel's ears, a giraffe's neck, a dachshund's body, a seal's flippers, a pig's tail and an elephant's memory ).

The seal's importance gave a rise to another name for the Chancellor-the sealer ( Polish pieczętarz ).

In spots such as the elbows and knees the second skin is worn off and I realized the aborigines were much darker than they appeared ; ;

Now the detective must save his own skin by informing on the girl he loves, who is also the real murderer.

As symptomatic of the common man's malaise, he is most significant: a liberal and a Catholic, elected by the skin of his teeth.

It is roughly shaped like a large pear, and when properly ripened, its dark green skin covers a meaty, melon-like pulp that has about the consistency of a ripe Bartlett pear, but oily.

It is thick, much like an egg plant's skin, so that poison sprays, if they are used, present no hazard to the consumer.

There is a difference in the experimental arrangement, in that the U.S. microphones are attached directly to the vehicle skin while the Russian instruments are isolated from the skin.

Salamanders lack claws, have a scale-free skin, either smooth or covered with tubercles, and a tail that is usually flattened from side to side and often finned.

As well as breathing with lungs, they respire through the many folds in their skin which is thin with the capillaries close to the surface.

The outside of the skin is shed periodically more or less in one piece in contrast to mammals and birds where it is shed in flakes.

Amphibian skin is permeable to water.

The skin colour of amphibians is produced by three layers of pigment cells called chromatophores.

Adipose tissue is another important means of storing energy and this occurs in the abdomen, under the skin and, in some salamanders, in the tail.

In aquatic amphibians, the liver plays only a small role in processing nitrogen for excretion, and ammonia is diffused mainly through the skin.

The progeny feeds on a skin layer that is specially developed by the adult.

In some salamanders, the skin is poisonous.

Handling the newts does not cause harm but ingestion of even the most minute amounts of the skin is deadly.

The aardvark's coat is thin, and the animal's primary protection is its tough skin.

In addition, the researchers also mention that the shifting robot can even display an individual's hair style and skin color if a photo of their face is projected onto the 3D Mask.

For example, " aloin " is derived from Aloe vera and Aloe ferox and has important medical uses ( e. g. as a laxative and in the treatment of burns ) as well as cosmetic uses ( e. g. in skin and hair products ).

In third grade, Warhol had chorea, the nervous system disease that causes involuntary movements of the extremities, which is believed to be a complication of scarlet fever and causes skin pigmentation blotchiness.

In general, external alpha radiation is not harmful since alpha particles are effectively shielded by a few centimeters of air, a piece of paper, or the thin layer of dead skin cells.

The first deposit on the wall of a cavity, forming the " skin " of the agate, is generally a dark greenish mineral substance, like celadonite, delessite or " green earth ", which are rich in iron probably derived from the decomposition of the augite in the enclosing volcanic rock.

This could also be used for any other skin irritation.

While resistant to most beta lactam antibiotics commonly used for skin infections, it remains sensitive to alternative antibiotics, e. g., clindamycin ( Cleocin ), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ( Bactrim ), and doxycycline ( unlike hospital-acquired MRSA that may only be sensitive to vancomycin IV ).

Native Americans used red alder bark ( Alnus rubra ) to treat poison oak, insect bites, and skin irritations.

Removable adhesives are used in applications such as surface protection films, masking tapes, bookmark and note papers, price marking labels, promotional graphics materials, and for skin contact ( wound care dressings, EKG electrodes, athletic tape, analgesic and transdermal drug patches, etc .).

13 ) Zeus is said to have used the skin of the goat deity Amalthea ( aigis " goat-skin ") which suckled him in Crete, as a shield when he went forth to do battle against the Titans.

Another version describes it to have been really the goat's skin used as a belt to support the shield.

The baidara ( large skin boat ) was a large open walrus skin-covered boat used by Aleut families to travel from island to island, as well as, transport goods for trade and warriors to battle.

The baidarka ( small skin boat ) was a small boat covered in sea lion skin that was used for hunting because of its sturdiness and maneuverability.

Dr. Bill Streever describes a boat made by the native Inupiat people in Barrow, Alaska: " It is a skin boat, an umiaq, built from the stitched hides of bearded seals and used to hunt bowhead whales in the open-water leads during spring ...

As antiseptics ( i. e., germicide agents that can be used on human or animal body, skin, mucoses, wounds and the like ), few of the above mentioned disinfectants can be used, under proper conditions ( mainly concentration, pH, temperature and toxicity toward humans and animals ).

* alcohols with or without antiseptic additives, used mainly for skin antisepsis,

Hydrocolloid-based medical dressings are used for skin and wound treatment.

The intestine is used to make Goldbeater's skin, and is the source of Calf Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase ( CIP ).

In these mountain cave settlements, people lived who used tools, mastered fire, and used animal skin for warmth and other purposes.

The essential oils are often used in perfumery and aromatherapy while the watery distillates have many applications in aromatherapy, food processing and skin care.

Namizuke has the thinnest skins, often with a patch of deer skin reinforcement in the center, and is used in classical theater such as noh and kabuki.

The first 5 are topical dosage forms, and may be used on the surface of the skin, transdermally, ophthalmically, rectally, or vaginally.

Jack Tars ( British sailors ) used gunpowder to create tatoos when ink wasn't available, by pricking the skin and rubbing the powder into the wound in a method known as traumatic tatooing.

Some gas masks are also respirators, though the word gas mask is often used to refer to military equipment ( e. g. Field Protective Mask ) ( The user of the gas mask is not protected from gas that the skin can absorb.

If the raw material is hides and skin, size reduction, washing, removing hair from the hides, and de-greasing are the most important pretreatments used to make the hides and skins ready for the main extraction step.

Therefore, evidence of when human skin darkened has been used to date the loss of human body hair, assuming that the dark skin was needed after the fur was gone.