About 25 of the species are oviparous (egg laying) the eggs are guarded by the female.

David said to Abner, Aren't you a man? Who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord, the king? For one of the people came in to destroy the king your lord.

And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.

Fully aware of its growing importance in an oil starved world, Libya will use that advantage to the full and it will no doubt guard, with Gaddafi at the forefront, its sovereign rights vociferously and assiduously.

Let me give you an example in Turkey where I come from, which is a very hyper secular republic, until very recently we used to have what I call secularism police, which would guard the universities against veiled students.

They would always stop by to visit these huge winged bulls that used to guard the gates of that ancient metropolis, and the boy used to be scared of these winged bulls, but at the same time they excited him.

This independent commission must guard the impartiality, independence, quality, relevance, and continuity of the CBS, according to the Law on the CBS of 1996 ( Wet op het Centraal bureau en de Centrale commissie voor de statistiek ).