[permalink] [id link]
They are slime molds that feed as unicellular amoebae, but aggregate into a reproductive stalk and sporangium under certain conditions.
from
Wikipedia
Some Related Sentences
They and are
They are preoccupied riding herd on control panels, switches, flashing colored lights on pale green or gray consoles that look like business machines.
They are supplied, a batch at a time, by a secret source and are continually changed by Wisman or his staff, at random intervals.
They are huge areas which have been swept by winds for so many centuries that there is no soil left, but only deep bare ridges fifty or sixty yards apart with ravines between them thirty or forty feet deep and the only thing that moves is a scuttling layer of sand.
They recognized that slavery was a moral issue and not merely an economic interest, and that to recognize it explicitly in their Constitution would be in explosive contradiction to the concept of sovereignty they had set forth in the Declaration of 1776 that `` all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among them are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
They feel they are leagued against a hostile, persecutory world, faced with the concerted malevolent opposition of squares and their hirelings, the police.
They for their part are convinced that Holmes is too `` unorthodox '' and `` theoretical '' to make a good detective.
They tell us, sir, that we are free, because we have in one hand a ballot, and in the other a stock certificate.
On December 21, the day that the Irish House of Commons petitioned for removal of Sir Constantine Phipps, their Tory Lord Chancellor, Molesworth reportedly made this remark on the defense of Phipps by Convocation: `` They that have turned the world upside down, are come hither also ''.
Defoe then commented, `` If they Could Draw that young Gentleman into Their Measures They would show themselves quickly, for they are not asham'd to Say They want only a head to Make a beginning ''.
They emerged as interchangeable cogs in a faulty but formidable machine: shaved nearly naked, hair queued, greatcoated, jackbooted, and best of all -- in the opinion of the British professional, Major Semple-Lisle -- `` their minds are not estranged from the paths of obedience by those smatterings of knowledge which only serve to lead to insubordination and mutiny ''.
They and slime
They may line the ejection channel, stopping the slime from sticking to the organism when it is secreted ; or they may slow the drying process long enough for the slime to reach its target.
They have been observed to spend up to ten minutes searching for removed prey, after which they return to their slime to eat it.
They have a head like a wild boar's … They spend their time by preference wallowing in mud and slime.
They are home to more than 1, 000 species of vascular plants, about 450 mosses, 200 liverworts, 700 lichens, 900 fungi, and 70 slime moulds.
They may be impressions the organism made while it rested on the sediment surface – perhaps by secreting slime in order to form a platform on the underlying microbial mat, or by sitting and dissolving the underlying microbes in order to devour them.
They excrete a slimy substance while feeding ; in locations with a dense population of xenophyophores, such as at the bottoms of oceanic trenches, this slime may cover large areas.
They proposed the genus Listerella in honor of surgeon and early antiseptic advocate Joseph Lister ; however, that name was already in use for a slime mold and a protozoan.
They were originally considered unusual slime moulds, although they are not very similar to the other sorts.
They would then go down another escalator to the Game Lab, and bypass it to the hallway with the wardrobe, makeup, and Gak Kitchen departments, where they would get a hands on experience tasting Gak and slime, and trying on different items for a Nickelodeon production.
They often do in fact kill other fish by sucking their ' fish slime ' ( mucus ) off of their skin as food, which opens the victim fish up to infections.
They then kill the boar and eat it ( with the exception of Lisa, who adheres to her vegetarianism and licks slime from a rock instead ).
They and molds
They are susceptible to rot their roots, to molds, fungi and parasites attack if they receive too much water and soil has insufficient drainage.
They are also often referred to as water molds ( or water moulds ), although the water-preferring nature which led to that name is not true of most species, which are terrestrial pathogens.
They had Hertzberg come in to have molds made for prosthetic parts to fit his head and face, arms, chest, and legs, then he was fitted for contact lenses.
They may be less affected by acids or alkalis ; they may not burn as readily ; they may not be attacked by bacteria or molds ; or they may not be affected as much by sun exposure.
They decided that the second plastic model was to be the Panther tank, which had a linear form which would make the molds simple to produce.
They were making flexible molds which could produce accurate reproductions of new figures which were sculpted more accurately and with more detail than the old plastic model kits, but often done without permission from copyright holders.
0.272 seconds.