Their vertebral columns, limbs, limb girdles and musculature needed to be strong enough to raise them off the ground for locomotion and feeding.

Their use by expectant mothers shortly before the delivery may result in a floppy infant syndrome, with the newborns suffering from hypotonia, hypothermia, lethargy, and breathing and feeding difficulties.

Their omnivorous diet, aggressive behaviour, and their feeding method of rooting in the ground all combine to severely alter ecosystems unused to pigs.

Their feeding behavior is similar in many ways, however they are noted for their close association, with their host species.

Their docile nature, their responsiveness to handling and feeding, and the relative ease of caring for them, continue to make the guinea pig a popular pet.

Their totem is of a Native American feeding a beaver.

Their calcite shells are impermeable, and they possess two plates which they can slide across their aperture when not feeding.

Their feeding continues for a few weeks longer after the family leaves the nest.

Their primary technique for feeding is diving and some species diving as much as under water.

Their diet consists mainly of seeds, but may be supplemented with insects, especially when feeding the young.

Their short bills are an adaptation to aerial feeding.

Their bright contrasting plumage patterns, sexual dimorphism and feeding habits made their systematic position difficult to ascertain in early times, Richard Bowdler Sharpe placed them with the Prionopidae in 1879 while many considered them as some kind of aberrant thrush.

Their morphology is typical of ground feeding passerines ; long feathered legs and short, rounded wings.

Their rifles were chambered for the 7. 65x53mm Mauser cartridge and were identical to the Spanish model, except for a unique cartridge feed interruptor or magazine cutoff, which permitted the feeding of single cartridges while keeping the magazine fully loaded.

Their diet varies according to season ; arthropods and larvae are the preferred food items at the breeding grounds, while various hard-shelled molluscs are consumed at other feeding sites at other times.

Their feeding techniques include the use of shallow probes into the mud while pacing along the shore.

Their feeding habits in the lead up to hibernation are discussed in detail.

Their high protein and fat content also makes them a good alternative to live enriched Artemia when feeding juveniles ( especially those that are difficult to maintain such as seahorses ) and other small fauna.

Their lifestyle has co-evolved with that of their prey, with their feeding strategy adapting to the morphology and consistency of the thecosome shell.

Their feeding activity is important for the production and distribution of coral sands in the reef biome, and can prevent algae from choking coral.

Their color corresponds with the color of the seaweed they eat: red sea hares have been feeding on red seaweed.

Their habit of feeding near roadsides sometimes results in collisions with traffic.

Their main duties are to maintain possession of the ball, taking the ball from defenders and feeding it to the strikers, as well as dispossessing opposing players.

Their feeding behavior is primarily solitary.

Their sentences were supposed to be simple interpretations of the traditional customs, but effectively it was an activity that, apart from formally reconsidering for each case what precisely was traditionally in the legal habits, soon turned also to a more equitable interpretation, coherently adapting the law to the newer social instances.

Their objection to the “ Euroamerican ” lifestyle that was of social norm in the United States at the time, was seen as both unacceptable and uncivilized ; and by the end of the 1880s, a general consensus seemed to arise amongst the country concerning the native ’ s habits.

Their habits have been variously given on most of the islands of the Eastern Mediterranean.

Their mating habits are unknown, except that they lay only a few relatively large eggs at a time.

Their habits are similar to those of finches, with which they sometimes used to be grouped.

Their language sometimes reflected their feelings about dating, marriage and drinking habits: " I have to see a man about a dog " at this period often meant going to buy whiskey ; and a " handcuff " or " manacle " was an engagement or wedding ring.

Their advantages over traditional small pets are their diurnal habits, bubbly personalities, the haired tail ( as compared to rats and mice ) and their lifespan: they are reported to live up to 13 years under ideal circumstances ( though a poor gene pool / genetic background often reduces a pet degu's lifespan significantly ).

Their pocket size sparked a change in popular music listening habits, allowing people to listen to music anywhere they went.

Their scavenging habits lead them to frequent garbage dumps, sewage outlets and places where fish are cleaned.

Their habits are mostly conserved from the ancestral iguanians, insofar as that Phymaturus are generally inhabitants of rocky ground that feed on plants and give birth to fully developed young.

Their frugivorous habits are actually convergent with those of ( diurnal ) spider monkeys.

Their varied habits allow for uses in several parts of a garden, and their tendency to attract butterflies and hummingbirds is seen as desirable.

Their habits are rooted in relationships with others of their kind and a natural intelligence and inquisitiveness.

Their first album covered subjects such as the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ), euthanasia, as well as their views on the social habits of the British people, especially the younger generation to which they belong.

Their habits of offering preventive care and managing chronic disease led a journalist writing for The New York Times to propose the Kaiser system in 2004 as a model for U. S. healthcare.

Their roost habits are diverse ; some species are found in large colonies in caves, some prefer hollow trees, and others sleep in the open, among the branches of trees.

Their concern centered on Ramage's drinking habits and whether he took responsibility for the crash.

Their habits are poorly studied, but the squid are thought to undertake diel migration ; by day the squid remain in the blackness of the depths in midwater.

Crawford invited Dunedin South MP David Benson-Pope to join the ALCP, but he declined, saying " Their judgement has obviously been impaired by their recreational habits ".

Their habits are similar to those of the ground beetles ; they are usually found in the leaf litter of conifer forests.

Their feeding habits change significantly throughout their lives ; whereas older frogs will feed only on land, younger frogs will also feed in the water.

But perhaps his most noted work is " Blood is Their Argument ," an intensive analysis of the warfare habits of the Enga tribes.