"Wolfpit" redirects here. For the town, see Wolfpit, Kentucky.
Pit for hunting wolves, near Hohenwart, Bavaria, Germany
Trapping pits are deep pits dug into the ground, or built from stone, in order to trap animals.
European rock drawings and cave paintings reveal that bear, moose 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 can still be found in Northern Scandinavia. These pits, which can measure up to 4 by 7 metres (13 ft × 23 ft) in size and be up to several metres deep, were camouflaged with branches and leaves. They had steep sides lined with planks or masonry, making it impossible for the animal to escape once it had fallen in. When the animal had fallen into the pit, it was killed, either bled to death by sharpened sticks pointed upwards from the bottom of the pit, or in the case of pits without these sticks, dispatched by hunters waiting nearby. Some traps had a small rope enabling rodents and amphibians to escape.[citation needed]
and wolf were hunted since the Stone Age using trappingpits.[citation needed] Remains of trappingpits used for hunting elk, reindeer, wolves, and bears...
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Across the top of the trappingpit 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...
respect for Rainsford's ingenuity as he leaves. Rainsford next digs a trappingpit and plants sharpened stakes at its bottom; one of Zaroff's dogs falls...
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...
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...
different methods to his team: an overhead cage attached to a tree, a trappingpit, a large butterfly net, a false apple containing enough sugar to render...
A pitfall trap is a trappingpit for small animals, such as insects, amphibians and reptiles. Pitfall traps are a sampling technique, mainly used for...
centuries, the bones of trapped animals have been preserved. The George C. Page Museum is dedicated to researching the tar pits and displaying specimens...
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...
stakes used by beaters in hunting wolves in medieval Europe. Wolf hunting Trappingpit Towards a History of the Basque Language José Ignacio Hualde, Joseba...
sharing some elements of Rashi's story, but with a lion caught in a trappingpit rather than a wolf in a well. However, Rashi may have actively "adapted...
digs a 6.75 m (22 ft) trappingpit, although some local legends place the pit to the north in Morvah. After completing the pit the following morning,...
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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...
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...
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)...
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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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...
base. The Tenth Doctor and science officer Ida investigate a pit under a recently opened trap door deep in the planet Krop Tor. In the sanctuary base, Rose...
not kill, Rihito's team wins the game when they outwit Taketora into a trappingpit. In celebration, Rihito is named commander of his class. Meanwhile, Alan...
Natural Trap Cave is a pit cave in the Bighorn Mountains, in northern Wyoming, United States. Excavations in the cave are an important source of paleontological...
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