10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLIGHTLESS»
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flightless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
flightless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Explores the flightlessness of wild birds whose ancestors could fly; discusses how their abilities changed due to evolution; and details the birds' habitat, range, physiology, food, breeding, predation, and threats.
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Ostriches and Other
Flightless Birds
An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of ostriches and a variety of other birds that do not fly including the rhea, emu, cassowary, kiwi, and tinamou.
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The Woodhen: A
Flightless Island Bird Defying Extinction
The text is accompanied by numerous photographs and drawings. This is a story of survival, yet the bird remains highly endangered as it is under constant potential threat, which could tip it over the brink and to extinction.
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Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal
Flightless Birds of the ...
This book is the first major study of this unique and highly diverse group. It aims to present as complete a synthesis as possible of current information about this fascinating family of birds.
The summer of her seventeenth birthday Livy Eckels was faced with something she wasn't ready for.
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The Evolution of the
Flightless Bird
Richard Kenney's The Evolution of the Flightless Bird, the winning volume in the 1983 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition, was selected from among 650 entries in this annual competition.
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Penguins:
Flightless Birds of the Southern Hemisphere
More than 50 color photos illustrate penguin species, adaptations, and environments. Open this book and meet the penguins from the smallestfairy penguins, to the largestemperor penguins.
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Taxonomic Revision and Phylogenetic Analysis of the ...
The flightless Mancallinae (Aves, Pan-Alcidae) from the Pacific Ocean are represented by one of the richest fossil records among Charadriiformes.
When Gilbert the goose is in an accident with a car and can no longer fly, he is ridiculed by the other geese until he realizes it is his differences that make him special.
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The Penguin: The Fastest
Flightless Birds
Introduces the physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, life cycle, predators, and different varieties of penguins.
Mike Linley, Rebecca Stefoff, 1992
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLIGHTLESS»
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flightless is used in the context of the following news items.
Appeal to protect glow worms on West Country canals - BBC News
She said flightless females climb on to blades of grass at night and light up to attract a winged male to mate with. "Because the females don't ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
Wins and losses in fisheries management | Stuff.co.nz
The Banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis) is an endangered flightless bird that struggles to survive on the coastal fringes of the Waimea Inlet ... «Nelson Mail, Jul 15»
Photos Capture The Amazing Moment Horses Met A Penguin
Still, it seemed as though the flightless bird was mostly just interested in getting where he was going. "The horses followed him around for about ... «The Dodo, Jul 15»
Safari park to open near Grove City outlets in 2016 - WFMJ.com …
Those are mostly hoofed animals or flightless birds, animals that can be out in open areas safely and co-habitate with each other." Guiher says he would like to ... «WFMJ, Jul 15»
Ostrich backed more than Gary Lineker for Leicester City manager …
"Whatever the reason people are getting behind the large flightless bird." The company had American Bob Bradley favourite for the job at 5-2. «Leicester Mercury, Jul 15»
40 Under 40 List Adds Bruce Museum's Daniel Kspeka
Here visitors encounter giant lemurs, pygmy hippos and the elephant bird, a giant flightless species with an egg holding the volume of 150 ... «The Daily Voice, Jul 15»
An ostrich is 500-1 to be the next manager at Leicester City …
The large flightless bird, which has not been identified, has been quoted at the price by the bookmakers Paddy Power. It is a jokey reference to ... «Leicester Mercury, Jul 15»
Why Penguins Can't Fly
There is a flightless cormorant in the Galapagos Islands, and steamer ducks of the southern oceans are also flightless. The reasons for ... «Global Animal, Jul 15»
Morning Star :: Steam, historic rails and Argentina's 'Little Wales'
Tehuelche nomads hunted the guanaco, a llama-like animal, and the large, flightless rhea with a weapon called a bolas. This consisted of three balls tied with ... «Morning Star Online, Jul 15»
The world's 10 best islands
... and photography enthusiasts with its pods of sea lions, flightless cormorants, the world's only seafaring lizards and short-feathered penguins ... «CNN, Jul 15»
