Our " nation of laws " is corrupted by the fact that we've molted into a " nation of lawyers ."
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Pinch a leg if you can to make sure it feels full of meat and not flimsy, another sign of a crab that has recently molted.
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The high osmotic pressure gradient causes water to quickly diffuse into a soft, recently molted blue crab's shell, allowing it to harden more quickly.
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Meanwhile, Valerian gathers some molted dragon scales and uses them to make Galen a shield, and the two realize they have romantic feelings for each other.
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No . But I did, one week later, on New Year's Eve, and as I walked, the sequins sparkled while the feathers molted.
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The molt in House No . 4 was a first for the Stucke family in another way : It was the first time the family molted a flock twice.
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This means that birds being force molted become susceptible to disease, particularly " Salmonella " infections, and may produce contaminated eggs thereby compromising public health.
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Many hens confined to battery cages, and some raised in cage-free conditions, are force molted to increase egg quality and production level after the molting.
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In a letter published in the current issue of the journal Nature, researchers at Oxford University in England said they were able to determine the sex of the bird from DNA traces in molted feathers.
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Under a row of trees nearby, a woman lies on her back, half rotted away, her arms outstretched in a frozen gesture and her hair lying in a molted mat around her skull.
