Flightless bird Essays

  • Penguin Evolution

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    There are many kinds of penguins, each having its own status of vulnerability and danger. Just like all other living things, penguins have a Scientific Classification. Theirs is as follows. The class they are in is the Aves. This class includes all birds. The Order they are in is called the Sphenisciformes, followed by the only Family under it, the Spheniscide. Both of these include all penguins, living and extinct. Moving down, the only point with variation is that of the species. Most scientists

  • Pleasantly Proper Penguins

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    Penguin” para. 2). Penguins look like submarines and their shape helps them cut through the water. Penguins have solid bones making it easier to swim. Penguins have waterproof feathers while some flying birds like the owl don’t have waterproof feathers. Penguins have solid bones while flying birds have hollow bones(“Penguin” pg. 4) Behavior When penguins swim at top speed, they leap out of the water. Penguins rock s... ... middle of paper ... ...There will undoubtedly be long lines to view the

  • The Emu Menace

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    parks or woodlands on a fine summer afternoon; now imagine the idyll is suddenly shattered by the high pitched cry and slashing claws of a giant bird. If this sounds absurd, think again; emu attacks are now a very real threat to Rhode Islanders. Emus are large flightless birds found primarily in Australia. They can grow to be seven feet tall, and mature birds have been known to breathe fire. These normally antipodal avians were introduced to Rhode Island by Eibbed Aznep in a misguided attempt to farm

  • The Concept of Flight

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    The concept of flight is typically thought to be synonymous with birds, so much so that it would be a surprise to most people to learn that there are currently about 11 known families of extant birds that do not have the ability to fly (McCall). Of these 11 families, there are about 98 species that are either still living or have gone extinct in the past few decades (McCall). Another surprising fact regarding flightless birds is that flightlessness as a trait did not appear suddenly among any flying

  • Ratites Essay

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    Ratites are classified as a group of flightless birds, including ostriches, emus, cassowaries, and the now extinct elephant birds. Birds use flight as a way to escape predators, find mates, attain food, and migration, which raises the question, how did the ancestors of ratites re-locate from one landmass to another without the ability to fly? It was originally thought that there was a flightless common ancestor, but the closest relatives of the ratites are the flying South American Tinamous family

  • New Zealand: The World's Penguin Capital

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    which breed in New Zealand and at least another four are visitors. New Zealand is home to the greatest diversity of penguins. Penguins belong to an exclusive family of birds called Spheniscidae. While many groups of water birds include one or two flightless species, penguins are the only group in which all members are flightless. This universal loss of flight suggests that, whatever evolutionary event drove the ancestors of penguins to give up flying, the transition to swimming and diving has been

  • Short Story: The Floosh

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    The Floosh It's a bird, wait, it's a parrot. No, it's The Floosh! Before The Floosh was saving lives all around the world he went by the name of Rick Barry. He grew up in a stable household with his best friend Floosh. Floosh wasn't a human, he was a parrot that Rick cared about more than anything in the world. Rick paid more attention to his pet than he ever did in school and this actually turned out to help him in the long run. On a regular Tuesday at Rojas high school in Nathaniel Ville, Texas

  • Theropods And Birds

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    The transition between theropod dinosaur and bird is exquisitely documented in the fossil record and it is now widely accepted that birds are descended from theropod dinosaurs. Birds also share many traits with their dinosaurian ancestors, including bipedalism (the basal form of locomotion in dinosaurs) and digitigrade movement. However, there are several functional differences in bipedalism between basal theropods and their bird descendants. Non-avian theropods were, largely, terrestrial bipeds

  • Rhea And Erdrich Similarities

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    Differences Between the Emu, Rhea, and Ostrich Emu, Rhea, Ostrich… these are the names of three of the five flightless birds in the ratite family. These three birds all look strikingly similar except for their size, but is that really the only difference? Although their size is an extreme factor in their life they have several other differences. The three main differences between the emu, rhea, and ostrich are their habitat, their predators and defense, and how they raise their young. Before going

  • Cassowary Vs. Charles Manson

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    In the Land Down Under, or Australia, there is a massive, flightless bird called a Cassowary. This ratite has black feathers with a bright blue head and neck. This shy bird may appear appealing, but its fight side of its brain is far larger than its flight side. The Cassowary is thought to be the utmost dangerous bird in the world. The Cassowary can murder any predator with one quit kick (Garbus n. pag). Therefore, a good name for a pet Cassowary would be Charles Manson because they are both bloodthirsty

  • Stop Feeding Waterfowl Persuasive Essay

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    fries from a fast food restaurant. Little do most people know that this causes problems among birds such as taking from their ability to find normal food, changing their migration patterns to causing protein deficiencies or over intake; that can cause health problems in mostly water fowl species. The most common health concern that is caused from birds being fed by humans is Angel wing, this is caused by birds eating too much protein and this comes from eating things such as bread or foods full of carbohydrates

  • Penguins – Birds that Cannot Fly

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    Penguins – Birds that Cannot Fly Penguins are one of my favorite species of birds. They look like a bunch of men in tuxedos at the beach. Although they are considered birds, none of them are capable of flying. They live in climates and locations that range from the warm Equator to the freezing Antarctic. Penguins are so cool that they have become the stars of many television commercials. Of the seventeen species, it is the Emperor penguin that is the most interesting penguin. After all, how

  • The Reasons Of Duck Hunting: The History Of Duck Hunting

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    now today. The reason is because they put a lot of work into just getting one to two ducks a day, which only would only feed two to four people. Paradise shelduck and especially grey ducks were and important source of food and feathers for Maori. Flightless fledglings and moulting adults ducks would be hunted in January and February when they would be very fat from spring and summer time feeding. (Gidlow, Perkins) Men, women and children drove ducks, sometimes using canoes and dogs, into wetland vegetation

  • California Condor

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    on each wing. The adults have a bald head and on their neck they have a fluffy black ridge of feathers that look like a collar. They grow between 117 to 134 centimeters long and weigh from 17 to 24 pounds. The California condor is the largest flying bird in North America, living only in the south western United States. The California condor lives

  • Evolution Of Penguin Essay

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    Aarushi Singh The Emperor Penguin lives in Antarctica, and is the largest penguin out of the seventeen species of penguins. It is also known as Aptenodytes forsteri. It is in the kingdom Animalia and in the class Aves, which contains all of the birds. It can weigh anywhere between 50 - 100 pounds and can have a height of up to 45 inches meaning that the average Emperor Penguin would be taller than your waist. As chicks, these penguins start out with no feathers and are dependent on their parents

  • The Old Man In The Sea

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    From What Simple Things Come Why is it that everything in life has to have a conflict? Whether it is good or bad, something has to trigger it. In The Old Man in the Sea, a character, named Santiago, fell into a conflict of inadequate proportions. He went out into the sea, searching to find something that might take his life complete, to maybe find some serenity. Not only did he find it, but there was a catch. Was Santiago strong enough to keep it? Was he strong enough to take on the beasts in the

  • Canadian Geese Research Paper

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    During the Summertime it is extremely hot and there were a lot of birds flying around. As the season of Autumn begins, the leaves change colors and began to drop to the ground. When the leaves begin to whither away the bird population soon become depleted. As the chill of Autumn starts to take its toll the bird population becomes fewer and fewer. That was the past. In the present time as the weather begins to turn cold, the birds that would usually migrate are still there. This is a new occurrence

  • Analysis Of Birds And Flowers Of The Four Seasons

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    Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons (四季花鳥図屏風) depicts white-naped cranes, a red-crowned crane with its young, a pair of ducks, and various small birds alongside seasonal vegetation in the four seasons. The medium is a pair of six panel folding screens, using ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper, dated at mid 16th century. Image is 63 1/4 x 142 in. (160.7 x 360.7 cm) and overall is 69 3/8 x 148 1/2 in. (176.2 x 377.2 cm). The met museum description of the art states that this artwork celebrates

  • Informative Speech On Sundogs

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    The Wonders Of the Sky Ajanayah Tabb Henning School, Henning MN, United States Teacher: Mr. Hart My purpose in doing this project was so I can inform people about Sundogs. Surely someone has wondered how Sundogs are made, how they are there and why they are there. When I go outside and it’s absolutely frigid, I’m too cold to notice. Even when I’m inside I rarely have time. So I want to tell people like me “The Wonders Of the Sky”. The first thing I had to do was ask myself a question. But there

  • Barn Owls Research

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    Barn Owls A.J. Driggers I am so mad because I have to research owls in science. Slowly I logged on to my computer and found a site on owls. Instantly I was instantly intrigued by how interesting owls could be. I read the whole hour in concentration. When the bell rang I knew that I would research them again. Barn owls have round heart shaped heads. Their eyes are black but inside their eyes they have huge retinas and eyes packed with rods and cones that help them see in low light vision. Their eyes