As a result, many working breeds To distinguish between show dogs that are often attractive and extremely loyal. This might be in comparison to a companion dog, whose purpose is primarily as a pet. In this context, a dog who helps a rancher manage cattle or who performs tricks for a trainer who receives pay for its acts is a working dog, as is an assistance dog. To identify any dog that performs any task on a regular basis to assist people.
// Definition Within this general description, however, there are several ways in which the phrase is used. Arguably the variety of -often exclusive- canine jobs is a better justification for the dog's honorary title "man's best friend" than the more accidental popularity as pet number one in western cultures. a dog that is not merely a pet but learns and performs tasks to assist and/or entertain its human companions, or a breed of such origin. A working dog refers to a canine working animal, i.e. This working dog is a border collie mix.
Some species of fish in the world For the comedy group, see Working Dog Productions. However, hyper-saline lakes like the Great Salt Lake do not support fishes. // Fish ecology Fish can be found in almost all large bodies of water in salt, brackish or fresh water, at depths from just below the surface to several thousand meters. Endothermy, though metabolically costly, is thought to provide advantages such as increased contractile force of muscles, higher rates of digestion. See also gigantothermy.
The degree of endothermy varies from the billfish, which warm only their eyes and brain, to bluefin tuna and porbeagle sharks who maintain body temperatures elevated in excess of 20 °C above ambient water temperatures. All sharks in the family Lamnidae – shortfin mako, long fin mako, white, porbeagle, and salmon shark – are known to have the capacity for endothermy, and evidence suggests the trait exists in family Alopiidae (thresher sharks). Endothermic teleosts (bony fishes) are all in the suborder Scombroidei and include the billfishes, tunas, and one species of "primitive" mackerel (Gasterochisma melampus). Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus: the most abundant species of fish maintain elevated body temperatures to varying degrees. For other uses, see Fish (disambiguation).
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