Shareholders, they observed, hold the same value whether a firm returns cash or retains it.
"It's incredible, how skinny that tail is," Prosek observed, holding the little tuna by the narrow peduncle from which the tail extends like a pair of matched scimitars.
At a time when commercial filmmaking is dominated by impersonal, computer-generated entertainments, Mr. Garrel's work — just a step or two away from home movies, as he himself has often observed — holds an obvious appeal.
In the natural pools observed, holding about 50 tadpoles at any given time, only 12 acts of cannibalism were observed during the study period, suggesting that many tadpoles make it to maturity without being eaten.
Male octopuses might only use the hectoctylus for the purpose of mating, and they have been observed holding this specialised limb close to their bodies while foraging in the wild, possibly to protect it.
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One individual was observed holding onto a branch with its feet just touching the ground.
In one case, a bird was observed holding bark off the branch of a eucalypt and levering open gaps every 4 to 5 cm (1.6 2 in) with its bill.
In Deniliquin, a flame robin was observed holding one foot forward and pattering the ground repeatedly to disturb ground-dwelling insects, and then watching and snapping up any which emerged; this behaviour is otherwise seen in waders.
Only males later observed holding lek territories and vocalising were used in the playback experiments.
