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Conservation implications of harpy eagle Harpia harpyja predation patterns

Endangered Species Research, 2015
Knowledge of the food habits of threatened taxa is key for their effective conservation, especially in top predators where prey species are frequently also hunted by humans.
EBP Miranda
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Hoffmann's two‐toed sloth II: Muscle architectural properties in the thoracic limb of Choloepus (Pilosa: Xenarthra)

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Two‐toed sloths use their thoracic limbs for more frequent and greater suspensory support than three‐toed sloths and have muscle architectural properties consistent with stability of the pectoral girdle, enhanced flexor force/torque applied at the shoulder and elbow joints, and grip on the support as indicated by their myology. Abstract Two‐toed sloths
C. S. Tucker, A. M. Mossor, K. B. Spainhower, J. A. Avey‐Arroyo, M. T. Butcher   +4 more
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Temporal and spatial resource use by female three-toed sloths and their young in an agricultural landscape in Costa Rica

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2011
The information on ecological behavior of wild sloths is very scarce. In this study we determined the home ranges and resources used by three adult female three-toed sloths (Bradypus variegatus) and their four young in an agricultural matrix of cacao ...
Oscar Ramirez, Christopher Vaughan, Geovanny Herrera, Raymond Guries   +3 more
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Hoffmann's two‐toed sloth I: Complete myology in the thoracic limb of Choloepus (Pilosa: Xenarthra)

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Two‐toed sloths use their thoracic limbs for more frequent and prolonged suspensory support than three‐toed sloths and accordingly demonstrate myological traits consistent with stability of the pectoral girdle, enhanced flexor force/torque applied at the elbow joint, and grip on the support.
C. S. Tucker, A. M. Mossor, J. A. Avey‐Arroyo, M. T. Butcher   +3 more
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Domestic dogs as a threat to sloths in Costa Rica: A clinical case report and review of the problem

Open Veterinary Science, 2023
Human-introduced predators, primarily the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris), and human-modified landscapes conjointly threaten wildlife across Costa Rica.
Brown Natalie, Villada Ana, Trull Sam
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Virtual brain endocasts of the palaeanodont Metacheiromys marshi and the neurosensory evolution of early Pholidotamorpha

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
We describe the endocranial anatomy of Metacheiromys marshi. Decrease in olfaction and eye movement control occurred through time in Pholidotamorpha and is likely linked to fossorial adaptations. The development of the orbital gyrus might be related to the evolution of myrmecophagy and the emergence of a protrusile tongue in early Pholidotamorpha ...
Eduard Cabasés Bru, Raquel Moya‐Costa, John R. Wible, Stephen L. Brusatte, Ornella C. Bertrand   +4 more
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Bullshitters, Liars and Bad Teachers: The Scope of Epistemic Malevolence

Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is two‐fold. We argue against the received conception of epistemic malevolence and give a broader characterisation that, we argue, captures its real scope. We tackle the current notion of epistemic malevolence (EM) on three fronts. We claim that this notion fails to capture cases of EM that are (i) not knowledge directed (
Sam Dickson, Daniel Garcia Saavedra, Robin Pawlett‐Howell   +2 more
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Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
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(Dis)agreement and concordance of metabolic indices from the oral glucose tolerance test and mixed‐meal tolerance test: Implications for application

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Metabolic indices derived from the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and mixed‐meal tolerance test (MMTT) are often interpreted interchangeably; however, these tests represent distinct physiological stimuli. In order to examine potential differential metabolic responses to these tests, we characterized the (dis)agreement between OGTT‐ and ...
Nina Sloth Nielsen, Nikolaj Agerlin, Nikolas Antoniou, Helga Ellingsgaard, Kristian Karstoft, Louise Lang Lehrskov, Grit Elster Legård, Mark Preben Printz Lyngbæk, Beckey Trinh, Thomas P. J. Solomon, Marc Y. Donath, Mathias Ried‐Larsen, Cody Garett Durrer   +12 more
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Sloths of the Atlantic Forest in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2016
Sloths were a curiosity item for Europeans in the 16th and 17th centuries, and several descriptions of them exist in bestiaries and texts of that time. Here, we assemble the descriptions and drawings of sloths from the travellers and naturalists of those
DANIELLE O. MOREIRA, SÉRGIO L. MENDES
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