Sloths poop once a week. While this might sound luxurious, scientists have revealed that all this chill comes crashing down once a week when a sloth has to take a poop - an ordeal that's more akin to childbirth than a quick trip to the restroom.
Not only do sloths only poop once a week – more than enough time to cause some serious constipation – they also have to do so on ...
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The hippogritus is a subgenus of the zebra. There are three main species of zebra that we know today, and two of them belong to this subgenus - the plains and the mountain zebras. The other species of zebra - the Grevy’s zebra - is the only one in the other subgenus, named the dolichohippus.
These animals are quite pretty, with black and white striped bodies. There’s a ...
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Zebras belong to the genus equus. This is the only genus that has living species under the family equidae. The genus includes horses, donkeys, and zebras. Within the genus, there are many different species. Some of them include the equus quagga quagga and the equus ferus caballus. The first is an extinct species of zebras - even though there are a lot of efforts being done to see if these ...
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To create her picture, Dotty used crayons, markers, and a giant piece of paper. This piece of paper was most likely a piece of poster paper instead of printer paper or tracing paper. However, the crayons and the markers are probably the most important supplies out of the list. These are the things she used to create the dots that made up the pictures. Using different kinds of markers would ...
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There are 2.54 centimeters in an inch. Centimeters are part of the metirc measuring sytem. This is based on a decimal system that uses multiples of ten to represent measurements. The basic unit for the centimeter is the meter. A centimeter is one hundredth of a meter.
This type of system makes figuring out metirc measurements much simpler than figuring out the standard measurement ...
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The person that poses for a painter is typically called a model. They will be the subject of the portrait. Famous models for paintings include the woman from Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”, the fictional Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, and various kings, queens, and presidents. That list of models includes, but certainly isn’t limited ...
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Gestural painting is an art form where the paint is just splattered all over the canvas instead of being carefully brushed or stroked on. This creates a more abstract kind of painting than the traditional painting techniques create. This is sometimes called action painting, since it gives the impression of movement through the painting due to the way the paint falls.
The end goal of ...
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The term “action painting” was coined in the 1940s by an American art critic named Harold Rosenburg. He thought canvases were arenas where violent acts were committed and should be allowed. A more, uh, legal way than other ways. This kind of painting is also called gestural painting.
This form of painting involves globbing and caking on paint so thickly that one could see ...
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Real texture is defined as when a piece feels the way it looks. If a piece of wood looks rough, and when is touched feels rough, that roughness is its real texture. The implied texture of a piece is when it looks like it should feel one way, but it feels completely different. This can also be called visual or simulated texture. If something looks smooth, but has a rough texture, smoothness is ...
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The first step to beginning art is to grab a pencil and a piece of paper. It doesn’t matter what kind of paper. Plain old printer paper will do. One of the first ways people create art is actually by coloring in coloring books. Some wouldn’t consider this art - as the pictures have already been drawn and most kids simply scribble - but coloring books for adults are all about ...
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