-
metabolic rate
allows the
prolonged survival of
animals capable of
entering torpid states. In 2020,
scientists reported evidence of the
torpor in Lystrosaurus...
-
Torpids is one of two
series of
bumping races, a type of
rowing race, held
yearly at
Oxford University; the
other is
Eights W****. More than 130 men's...
- to the
termly intercollegiate rowing regattas:
Christ Church Regatta,
Torpids, and
Summer Eights. In addition,
there are
higher standard university wide...
-
trouble maintaining their body
temperature and they
enter a
state known as
torpidity (not to be
confused with hibernation,
which is not
known in marsupials)...
- of
Torpidity in the Violet-Green Swallow" (PDF). Condor. 68 (1): 102–103. doi:10.2307/1365178. JSTOR 1365178. Serventy, D. L. (1970). "
Torpidity in the...
-
undefeated in
Torpids, the
longest run of any
college by far.[citation needed] In 2006
Oriel claimed the
first ever
double headship in
Torpids,
rowing over...
- straightforward, and even
criticize its
overarching themes as "the
stuff of
torpid platitudes",
online discussion has been much more positive.
Heated debate...
- Abebe,
Nitsuh (June 24, 2011). "Bon Iver's
Indie Soft-Rock:
Transcendent or
Torpid? - Slideshow". Vulture.
Retrieved October 19, 2020. "Examining Bon Iver's...
- lack of intelligence, care or reason),
dullness of
feeling or
sensation (
torpidity, senselessness, insensitivity), or
lacking interest or
point (vexing,...
- but in the 1830s, a
second series of races,
known as “
Torpids” came into being. Originally,
Torpids appears to have been held for
crews inferior to those...
