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Hoatzin - Relic of Prehistory - Article by Adrian Warren
The main function of the wing claws, it seems, is to assist the young hoatzin in times ... . The chick, left to its own devices, either uses the wing claws to help it clamber through the branches to some inaccessible spot ... wing claws as a second pair of feet to grasp their way across the twigs. My intention was to make a photographic record of the young using the wing claws ...
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Baloch Cheetah Survey 1
No. 14, is the area along the Iranian border, near the Mand Wing Headquarters. We travelled from one side and came back from the other. No ... kind enough to issue a directive to all his Posts, Companies and Wing HQs, to look after us and also offer help and assistance, if ... leaves claw marks in the ground and the Leopard does not. The claws of the HONZ are like those of a big dog. His exact words ...
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The Hawk Conservancy Trust - Anatomy of a Raptor
The tarsus is typically short and robust where the prey is substantial and long and ... their large home ranges and, in many cases, to allow them to pursue their prey. Wing shapes fall into three groups, broad, short and long. Broadwings include Vultures, most Eagles and ...
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The Raptor Foundation May 2005 Newsletter
I have only one eye and Yossarian has leg and wing trauma - at least that's the official version, but in my opinion, ... Owl is very big, brown - he hooted very loud and his big claws could break someone's hand and owls are stupid. The Spotted ... from GB. He has massive claws. The reason they got extinct from this country is because of their claws. Their colossal claws could kill a sheep. That ...
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Houston Arboretum and Nature Center: Conservation: Birds
It flashes bright white wing patches while in flight. Mockingbirds eat many different types of fruit including grapes, elderberries, ... a variety of mammals including skunks, rabbits, and mice. It is armed with powerful claws (talons), excellent night vision, enhanced hearing capabilities, and special feathers which allow this predator ...
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LIPU-UK -> Working in Britain for Birds in Italy
The wing beats of a Blackcap, the majestic outline of a White ... one must try to get through, unscathed, from under the claws of the infamous red American Shrimp, which was clandestinely introduced ... flapping around the edges of the lagoons having been wing shot by illegal hunters and unpleasant confrontations with poachers using ...
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great-auk
Their ... bellies were white. The bill and feet were black, the webbed toes ending in short claws. The bill had a series of between 6 and 12 vertical grooves on both the ...
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Rare & Extinct Creatures - Moa & Elephant Bird
It had massive legs and taloned claws, vestigial wings and a long, powerful neck. Its body was covered in bristling, hair-like ... (upper arm-bones). This means they had no trace of wings, not even a vestigial wing-structure. There were several families of moa. Pachyornis and Emeus were hunted to extinction by ...
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Thunderbird Stamps
Gyps fulvus Mongolia #915 Issued 1972 Aquila chrysaetos Sahara Occ. R.A.S.D. Issued ... encounters with an unusually large Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos (left). This bird normally possesses a wing span of over two and half meters. Another possibility is that some sightings are of ...
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San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Beetle
How do diving beetles breathe underwater? They capture surface air and store it under their wing covers. Sunburst diving beetles Thermonectus marmoratus carry a bubble on their rear end. This bubble ... each foot to help them walk up slippery surfaces. All species have a pair of claws on each foot. Beetle abodes Most beetle species live on land. They tunnel underground, or ...
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