and wolf were hunted since the Stone Age using trapping pits.[citation needed] Remains of trapping pits used for hunting elk, reindeer, wolves, and bears...
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Animal trapping, or simply trapping or ginning, is the use of a device to remotely catch an animal. Animals may be trapped for a variety of purposes,...
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dictionary. Pitfall may refer to: Hazard Trapping pit, a large pit dug to catch animals Pitfall trap, a small pit dug to catch amphibians, insects and reptiles...
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The Most Dangerous Game (redirect from Ship Trap Island)
respect for Rainsford's ingenuity as he leaves. Rainsford next digs a trapping pit and plants sharpened stakes at its bottom; one of Zaroff's dogs falls...
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gaming tables Trapping pit, pits used for hunting Pit (motor racing), an area of a racetrack where pit stops are conducted Trading pit, a part of a trading...
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Wolf hunting (section Trapping pit)
Across the top of the trapping pit was a thick stick or pole, and on this was fastened a plank, which covered the top of the trap. On one end of this plank...
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Tar Pits. Petroleum migrated to the surface over time, trapping and preserving animals and plants for the past 50,000 years. The Carpinteria Tar Pits are...
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Punji stick (redirect from Punji pit)
various types of traps; for example, a camouflaged pit into which a soldier might fall (it would then be a trou de loup). Sometimes a pit would be dug with...
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centuries, the bones of trapped animals have been preserved. The George C. Page Museum is dedicated to researching the tar pits and displaying specimens...
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A pitfall trap is a trapping pit for small animals, such as insects, amphibians and reptiles. Pitfall traps are a sampling technique, mainly used for...
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different methods to his team: an overhead cage attached to a tree, a trapping pit, a large butterfly net, a false apple containing enough sugar to render...
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against burglars. Other traps such as special snares, trap netting, trapping pits, fluidizing solid matter traps and cage traps could be used. Mantraps...
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stakes used by beaters in hunting wolves in medieval Europe. Wolf hunting Trapping pit Towards a History of the Basque Language José Ignacio Hualde, Joseba...
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Solar still (redirect from Pit still)
at the bottom of a pit. Branches are placed vertically in the pit. The branches are long enough to extend over the edge of the pit and form a funnel to...
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various trapping pits and well over 10,000 pits used for hunting have been located, which is much more than any other Scandinavian region. Trapping or hunting...
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sharing some elements of Rashi's story, but with a lion caught in a trapping pit rather than a wolf in a well. However, Rashi may have actively "adapted...
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Knockshinnoch disaster (redirect from Knockshinnoch pit disaster)
moss flooded pit workings, trapping more than a hundred miners underground. For several days rescue teams worked non-stop to reach the trapped men. Most...
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digs a 6.75 m (22 ft) trapping pit, although some local legends place the pit to the north in Morvah. After completing the pit the following morning,...
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This is a list of notable tar pits throughout the world. Tar pits, which are often covered with dust and leaves, can trap animals that step into them....
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Hartley Colliery disaster (redirect from Hartley Pit Disaster)
deaths of 204 men and children. The beam of the pit's pumping engine broke and fell down the shaft, trapping the men below. The disaster prompted a change...
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Trou de loup (redirect from Tiger pit)
referred to as a tiger pit in the East) was a type of booby trap or defensive obstacle. Each trou de loup consisted of a conical pit about 2 m (6 ft 7 in)...
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not kill, Rihito's team wins the game when they outwit Taketora into a trapping pit. In celebration, Rihito is named commander of his class. Meanwhile, Alan...
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Antlion (section Pit-building species)
are known for the predatory habits of their larvae, which mostly dig pits to trap passing ants or other prey. In North America, the larvae are sometimes...
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A pit latrine, also known as pit toilet, is a type of toilet that collects human waste in a hole in the ground. Urine and feces enter the pit through...
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Pit Boss is an American television series docudrama that follows Shorty Rossi, owner of Shorty's Rescue, an organization set up for Pit Bull rescue. The...
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Xiaozhai Tiankeng (redirect from Heavenly Pit)
The Xiaozhai Tiankeng (小寨天坑), also known as the Xiaozhai Heavenly Pit, is the world's deepest sinkhole located in the Shaanxi cluster. It is located in...
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A fire pit or a fire hole can vary from a pit dug in the ground to an elaborate gas burning structure of stone, brick, and metal. The defining feature...
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espresso, placing a skull sticker on her back, and dropping her into a trapping pit. However, the gag backfires as Hiiro instead finds the tarantula cute...
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to bargain for the release of his friends. Jabba opens a trap door and Luke falls into a pit where he battles and kills the Rancor. Afterwards, Jabba...
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