donkeys and palm leaves are ne’er to be seen. The Chinese version, it turns out, is the ‘sweeping of the tombs’ festival, where people are meant to clean out the tombs of their
A new national code of practice in Greece also recommended that donkeys must not carry loads of over 100 kilograms, or a fifth of the animal’s weight – in other words, no more portly tourists in Santorini. The mayor’s office was not available for comment but the port schedule for ...
Lions will also eat domestic livestock, especially cows, and donkeys. With human beings and lions living in ever-closer proximity, such killings are a major cause of human-lion conflict, with many lions killed in retaliation. Protecting rhinos from poachers in Africa - what it's like working ...
Donkeys years ago, I was mind-numbingly bored when I suddenly decided to ride John o groats to lands end. The nearest available free bike was in my mates garden covered in weeds. A day of tweaking later I duly set off on my Raleigh Shopper sit-up-and-beg Sturmey Archer three speed....
Go, go. The weight of the plane rolls underneath them. Worrisome, that. Slower now than ever. Up the 18 incline. She's heavy today. So much petrol to carry. One hundred yards, one hundred and twenty, one hundred and seventy. They are moving too slowly. As if through aspic. The ...
Some medieval towns raced donkeys or buffaloes. 有些中世纪的城市用驴子或水牛竞赛。 来自《简明英汉词典》 Water buffaloes supply Egypt with more meat than any other domestic animal. 水牛提供给埃及的肉比任何其它动物都要多。 来自辞典例句 40 ripples 逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 ) 参考例句: The...
Donkeys are perceived as a land protective, eco-friendly, and innovative activity; moreover, they contribute to the rural development. Actually, in the European Union, donkey farming has another appeal. Particularly, donkey rearing is now considered to have a renewed interest mainly for milk [3,...
Sometimes lice can be a problem as they like to hide in the donkey’s long coat. Donkeys irritated by lice will rub against walls and fences to ease the itching; in time this results in unsightly bald patches. If you do need to put your donkey on a diet to reduce its weight, only...
A new national code of practice in Greece also recommended that donkeys must not carry loads of over 100 kilograms, or a fifth of the animal’s weight – in other words, no more portly tourists in Santorini. The mayor’s office was not available for comment but the ...