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...pretty poky group. Lions can sprint at up to 50 m.p.h. when they're chasing down prey. Cheetahs move even faster, flooring it to a sizzling 70 m.p.h. But most humans--with our willowy spines and awkward, upright gait--would have trouble cracking 25 m.p.h. with a tail wind, a flat track and a good pair of shoes...
Because of the dino's size (only 3 ft. from its nose to the tip of its spindly tail), the Linsters called it Bambi, a name now formalized as Bambiraptor feinbergi, with a bow to the family that bought the specimen for the museum. But there is nothing deerlike about it. A kin of the ferocious velociraptors of Jurassic Park fame and more distantly of mighty T. rex, Bambi is a type of dromeosaur, small, upright-walking meat eaters that lived during the late Cretaceous period...
...Even if Israel is making moves toward realizing Hezbollah's prime demand, its air strikes on the guerrilla movement's positions Monday highlighted the fact that it's not retreating with its tail between its legs, and will extract fearsome retribution for any attacks across its northern border. But such attacks may be unlikely even without Syria leaning on the guerrillas, since Hezbollah would lose much of its Lebanese public support if it attacks the Israelis after they've withdrawn. And the realization that peace in Lebanon may be possible without it may yet spur Damascus back to the negotiating...
...know how a dog can be very angry one minute and the next minute it's wagging its tail? That's how my emotions are," Grandin said. "I've made my life intellectually complex, but not emotionally complex...
...Postulate 4: According to Encylopedia Britannica, "In courtship displays, the cock elevates his tail, which lies under the train, thus elevating the train and bringing it forward. At the climax of this display the tail feathers are vibrated, giving the feathers of the train a shimmering appearance and making a rustling sound...