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Canine spasm --> risus caninus

The semblance of a grin caused by facial spasm especially in tetanus.

Synonym: canine spasm, cynic spasm, risus sardonicus, sardonic grin, spasmus caninus, trismus sardonicus.

Origin: L. Risus, laugh _ caninus, doglike


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Why are animals so quiet?

... other than sound. Scents for example are often used more than sounds for communication even in animals that do use vocal signals as well: wild canines are a good example. In wolf packs, alpha females often can tell her pack members what to do by ear movements, teeth baring, even certain ways ...

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by Wallyanna
Wed May 09, 2012 11:28 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why are animals so quiet?
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Views: 1219

Need help figuring out this skull

... take a picture of some spiders on their net. And they were quite big :lol: Anyway, back to the problem. It looks, it doesn't have big incisors or canines, so I would guess it's skull of some herbivore or omnivore or something like that ;) But it looks quite small, right? Nevertheless, as you don't ...

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by JackBean
Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:00 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Need help figuring out this skull
Replies: 3
Views: 2104

Dog Trainer comes up with Anti-evolution idiocy

1) “could simply be” is a logical argument? 2) Since tie is a successful adaptation, why only canines? 3) Since pack is a family group and since there is incest avoidance, why then the need for tie? 4) There is no incest avoidance in domestic dogs. 5) Bears, cougars, humans, ...

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by KevinBehan
Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:32 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Dog Trainer comes up with Anti-evolution idiocy
Replies: 36
Views: 18529

Re: Wildlife biology

... if anyone could shed some light on this for me. I am a wildlife researcher and I am looking to start up a wildlife sanctuary devoted to wild canines. I have been to several sites but I am having no luck finding out how to get grants. Any information would be appreciated. And do we need a ...

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by klejandara
Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:15 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wildlife biology
Replies: 4
Views: 2351

On Subspecies

... tiger and lion are the same species..? I think if one wants to point out the problems of categorizing species they might want to use certain canines such as dog and wolf as an example: there you have two species who can relatively easily interbreed and have perfectly viable offspring. These ...

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by biohazard
Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:56 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: On Subspecies
Replies: 3
Views: 4215
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