| 单词 | flightless bird |
| 例句 | Koalas far too big to be cuddly and cute rustled in the trees and flightless birds twice the size of ostriches sprinted on the plains. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The game disappeared, taking shelter from the rain, and the men began foraging for whatever they could find: blood-drop berries, hard-shelled nuts, flightless birds with white-and-gray wings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Most Polynesian islands originally supported big flightless birds that had evolved in the absence of predators, New Zealand’s moas and Hawaii’s flightless geese being the best-known examples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In addition, the flightless birds inhabit less surface area than other winged creatures. In the Falkland Islands, a quest to see as many penguins as possible 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z I’ll have to see the Dodo — that extinct flightless bird — tomorrow, too. Oxford: Where time is fluid, Latin is far from dead and every stone tells a story 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Rheas are gray flightless birds distantly related to ostriches and emus. Don’t Try to Catch a Komodo Dragon — Unless You’re David Attenborough 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z The brave user looks less like a mammoth flightless bird and more like a “Close Encounters” alien head wrapped in a gray sweatshirt. We’re in the golden age of travel pillows. Too bad we hate them all. - The Washington Post 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z The afterlife of the disastrously delicious flightless bird in museums is almost as tragic as its extinction in its native Mauritius in the 17th century. Half a dodo found in museum drawer 2011-02-21T18:14:34Z Her thesis research was the ecology of the giant pied-billed grebe, a flightless bird that was then found only at Lake Atitlan in the Guatemalan highlands and now is extinct. Anne LaBastille, Adirondack 'Woodswoman,' dies 2011-07-06T00:16:03Z Most unusual choice: the kiwi, a flightless bird native to New Zealand. March Class of KidsPost: Fourth-graders from Linton, North Dakota 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z The third documentary will examine ostriches and other flightless birds. New Attenborough films announced 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Other flightless birds lamented the quality of their officials’ responses to the crisis. True Tales of Quarantined Socializing 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z The pair settled on Stephens Island, where a type of small, flightless bird abounded. The Outdoor Cat: Neighborhood Mascot or Menace? 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The original 2016 film, based on the popular video games, imagined an island full of flightless birds being suddenly terrorized by green porcine, egg-stealing invaders. ‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’ Review: So Stupid, Yet So Funny 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z When we went ashore one afternoon to talk about changing the crews, a flightless bird called a weka wandered out of the woods and started foraging on the beach. A senior’s intense, 14-day sailing lesson — from scratch — off the New Zealand coast 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The interior cage holds a single, flightless bird, with a gull’s hooked beak and a raptor’s talons, standing on a patch of freshly sown wheat. Art Review: Jane Alexander’s Work at St. John the Divine 2013-04-25T20:34:53Z Elijah’s was a stuffed kiwi, the flightless bird that is an unofficial emblem of New Zealand. Children Are Hunting Teddy Bears During the Coronavirus Outbreak 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Kent Police officers were alerted and helped locate the flightless bird in a residential street close to its home. Loose: Family reunited with pet emu caught on doorbell camera 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The flightless bird was captured on doorbell footage at a property in Loose, Kent, on Saturday. Watch: Escaped emu caught on doorbell camera 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Using the same methods, she later discovered that an extinct flightless bird from the Caribbean was most closely related to similarly bygone, ground-dwelling birds from Africa and New Zealand. Caribbean parrots thought to be endemic are actually relicts of millennial-scale extinction 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Yet this Miami-based kiwi — one of about 60 of the flightless birds living in zoos outside their native New Zealand — has been forced into the international spotlight, literally and figuratively. They Cuddled a Kiwi. New Zealand Said, ‘Stop That.’ 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Some examples of vestigial structures are wings on flightless birds, leaves on some cacti, and hind leg bones in whales. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The hen-sized flightless bird can be found in just two states — Nevada and California — in the high desert along the Sierra Nevada’s eastern front. Bi-state sage grouse considered for threatened status, again 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z But almost three months after the procedure, which took up to 2.5 hours for each penguin, the aquatic flightless birds can see clearly now, with a noticeable increase in responsiveness and activity levels. Singapore: The penguins given world-first cataract surgery 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z It's a vestigial leftover, something not useful for reproduction or survival, such as wings on flightless birds. Experts aren't entirely sure why humans evolved orgasms 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The dodo was a flightless bird native to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, off the coast of Madagascar. Dallas ‘de-extinction’ firm announces plans to bring back the dodo bird 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Whether “bringing back” a semblance of the extinct flightless bird is feasible is a matter of debate. A 'De-Extinction' Company Wants to Bring Back the Dodo 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The last dodo, a flightless bird about the size of a turkey, was killed in 1681 on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Bring back dodo? Ambitious plan draws investors, critics 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The large flightless birds' eggs have been found in archaeological sites from several periods. Fried or scrambled? Prehistoric ostrich eggs for cooking found in Israel 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z In the distance, wind turbines turned over cornfields, where earlier we saw a flock of Nandu, a flightless bird resembling an ostrich. What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Examples of vestigial structures include wings on flightless birds, leaves on some cacti, and hind leg bones in whales. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Then, in Australia, Darwin saw another large flightless bird, the emu. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z When something startles the flightless birds, they can be seen sprinting around the edges of their enclosures, flailing their long necks around. After a power outage, an Adna Emu ranch gets a pleasant surprise 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z One of the current kits calls on students to figure out through DNA what type of animal attacked a kiwi, a threatened flightless bird native to New Zealand. Perspective | How a Virginia baby’s mysterious death will help New Zealand students 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z BirdBot uses a five-joint network that mimics the leg motion of a flightless bird, such as an ostrich, as it runs in the wild. Birds Make Better Bipedal Bots Than Humans Do 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z The emu in Australia and ostrich in Africa are flightless birds that look similar. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Emus are large flightless birds native to Australia and are the second-largest living birds, after ostriches. Woodland Park Zoo celebrates birthday of one of the oldest known emus in North America 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Last year, a hacker slipped more than 1,500 fake votes into an election database, sending one flightless bird to the top. New Zealand held a contest for Bird of the Year. The birds lost 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z “In other words, Earth is a biogeographical island with respect to animals. They’re trapped, like a flightless bird on an island.” Hardy water bears survive bullet impacts—up to a point 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Conservationists in Chile are reintroducing the rhea to its native Patagonia region, after the at-risk flightless bird was brought to near-extinction by illegal hunting. At-risk rheas released into Chile's Patagonia for repopulation 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The large, flightless bird was safely rounded up within a couple of hours Wednesday, WCTV-TV reported. Emu on the loose! Georgia deputies find big bird by highway 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z It is a flightless bird from the Galapagos Islands — but it looks like a pear-shaped bush that waddles when it walks. A tribute to lonely mascots, the most surreal symbol of sports in 2020 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z As the citizens slept, a hacker slipped more than 1,500 fake votes into an election database, sending one flightless bird to the top. Who Would Rig This Vote? The Fraud Was Real (and Feathers Were Ruffled) 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z When conservationists in New Zealand realised that their unique flightless birds – such as the kiwi and kakapo – were being obliterated by non-native rats, they became the world leaders in culling. Should we cull one species to save another? 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z After the flightless birds pass the nitrogen as waste, it sits on the ground where soil bacteria coverts it to nitrous oxide.” Biden widens Q Poll lead, nicks Trump on economy 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z But the nocturnal searches are putting the ancient flightless birds at risk of being attacked by introduced predators or hit by traffic. New Zealand's drought and record-breaking hot summers putting kiwi birds at risk 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z The flightless birds were easy to capture, and passing sailors loved how they tasted. Why the Great Auk Is Gone for Good 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z It had made the King into a flightless bird. The Invention—and Reinvention—of Impeachment 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Three flightless birds investigate the mysterious arrival of green pigs to their island paradise. Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Last week, researchers published a paper about the remains of a giant flightless bird found in a Crimean cave. The five: extinct megafauna 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Giant flightless birds that dwarfed modern ostriches and weighed nearly half a tonne roamed Europe when the first archaic humans arrived from Africa, scientists say. Half-tonne birds may have roamed Europe at same time as humans 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z The flightless bird, a distant relative to the modern pigeon, became extinct less than a century after its discovery by Dutch explorers. Rare dodo skeleton up for auction, could sell for $750G 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z She was the one the Northern York County Regional Police called recently when one of the giant flightless birds made an appearance on Lewisberry Road, just down the hill from her place. Emu on the loose? Call in the ‘Mountain Lady’ 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Animals such as lions, elephants, giraffes, rhinos, whales, sharks, sea turtles, alligators and flightless birds like the ostrich were analyzed in the work. Earth’s largest animals could disappear – because humans are eating them all 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The flightless birds, which are only around 12 inches tall, are found on New Zealand’s coastline. Little blue penguins stolen after thieves used crowbar to break into nest 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Emus aren’t permitted in Galveston, but police say a man recently brought the large, flightless birds to the island after the death of his mother. Galveston police capture pair of runaway emus 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Rheas are large, flightless birds related to ostriches and emus. 'Escape artist' rhea on run for weeks 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z It is derived from the name of a flightless bird native to the country. Nickname 'Kiwi' ruled not discriminatory 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z What started as a typical childhood infatuation with dinosaurs developed into a fascination with the moa, a giant flightless bird native to New Zealand, which is now extinct. From Encyclopedic Collector to ‘Wikipedian-at-Large’ 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z New Zealand is home to a number of flightless birds, the most famous being the kiwi. Harry and Meghan meet mental-health workers in New Zealand 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z New Zealand is home to a number of flightless birds, the most famous being the kiwi. Harry and Meghan meet mental-health workers in New Zealand 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z It was a ratite, a flightless bird of the same family as emus and ostriches, belonging to a group appropriately called elephant birds. New Titleholder For the Largest Bird of All Time 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z And the blitzkrieg hypothesis remains viable elsewhere: New Zealand's moa—another large flightless bird—went extinct less than 2 centuries after the arrival of the first Polynesians. New find clears Madagascar's first settlers of wiping out world's largest bird 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z His preoccupation with the moa led Mr. Dickison to complete a Ph.D. on the subject of giant flightless birds at Duke University decades later. From Encyclopedic Collector to ‘Wikipedian-at-Large’ 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The normally shy flightless birds were now regular visitors to the island’s settlement. New Zealand Town May Ban Cats to Protect Other Species 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Photos of a peacock, which a passenger in New Jersey tried to bring onto a plane, went viral earlier this year after United banned the flightless bird from travelling. US airline updates service animals policy 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z For millions of years, the giant moa consisted of nine species of ostrichlike flightless birds native to New Zealand. The Biggest Bird That Ever Lived and 5 More Bird Superstars 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z The most common bone weapons came from the legs of giant flightless birds called cassowaries. New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The study authors examined cross-sections of the Archaeopteryx bones and compared these structures to bones in flying birds, flightless birds, other dinosaurs and modern crocodilians. This feathery dinosaur probably flew, but not like any bird you know 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z In the middle of the 18th century, at around the time the US was signing the declaration of independence, a large flightless bird quietly became extinct on an island in the Indian Ocean. The other Dodo: Extinct bird that used its wings as clubs 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Whatever their limited use, the consensus in recent years seemed to be that they were vestigial, hanging around as an evolutionary remnant from T. rex’s ancestors, a little like the wings of flightless birds. T. Rex’s Tiny Arms May Have Been Vicious Weapons 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Mostly isolated for much of the Cenozoic, South America was home to a remarkable, endemic assemblage of big, herbivorous placental mammals, marsupial-like predators and omnivores, predatory flightless birds, diverse crocodyliforms and more. Darin Croft's Horned Armadillos and Rafting Monkeys 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z Scientists are piecing together clues about the life of the dodo, hundreds of years after the flightless bird was driven to extinction. Secret life of the dodo revealed - BBC News 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z He does not see much point in throwing resources at all endangered species—especially those, such as many of New Zealand’s predatory-mammal-beset flightless birds, that he deems unlikely to make it without constant assistance. The coming sixth extinction 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z “The biggest caveat to this study is that the authors did only a relatively basic screen for changes in noncoding regions,” says Tim Sackton, who studies the genomics of flightless birds at Harvard University. How the clumsy Galapagos cormorant lost its flight 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z “The joke in question: Why did the chicken — but first a word on chickens. Chickens are flightless birds domesticated 3,000 years ago in Mesopotamia. “But back to the joke,” he continued. Stephen Colbert lampoons Rachel Maddow’s long-winded Trump tax reveal 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z A. The dodo was a flightless bird, now extinct; its 21st-century equivalent, I guess, would be the milkman. A few friendly suggestions for major sports leagues looking to speed up games 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z For millennia it was an island of small lizards and flightless birds, such as the iconic kiwi. Behind New Zealand’s wild plan to purge all pests 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z The bones of the extinct, flightless bird were sold at Summers Place Auctions, in Billingshurst, West Sussex, to a private collector. Dodo skeleton sells for £280,000 at auction - BBC News 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z The dodo is an extinct, flightless bird from Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean. 'Once ever' dodo auction inspires excitement and envy - BBC News 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z The head of the Brook Waimarama Sanctuary, Dr David Butler, tells me iconic flightless bird species will be re-introduced, bringing back a melodic chorus not heard in these parts for years. NZ's war on stoats, rats and possums - BBC News 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z The composite of the extinct flightless bird was put together from bones collected over a number of decades. Rare dodo skeleton to be auctioned in West Sussex - BBC News 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z New Zealand’s iconic kiwi, a small, flightless bird with a long bill, is one of the native birds endangered by rats and weasels. New Zealand Vows to Wipe Out Rats and Other Invasive Predators by 2050 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z The dodo was a flightless bird once found on Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean. Dodo skeleton sells for £280,000 at auction - BBC News 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Farmed for their meat and oil, the flightless birds are among the animals affected by ongoing fires in the region. Emu Flees Raging Wildfire in Southern California Based on studies of the unique megafauna Madagascar once hosted, including giant flightless birds and huge lemurs, paleoecologist Simon Haberle of the Australian National University in Canberra argues that the arrival was likely more recent. Ancient crop remains record epic migration to Madagascar 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z It is set on an island populated by happy, flightless birds except for angry bird Red, voiced by Sudeikis, speedy Chuck, Gad's character, and Bomb, voiced by McBride. Angry Birds soars to top of US box office - BBC News 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z She made no speeches or public statements Wednesday and was photographed strolling through the grounds of the presidential palace in exercise clothing, among long-necked rheas — large, flightless birds native to South America. Brazil’s Senate readies impeachment vote against President Rousseff 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Sutherland regularly checks box traps set in the forest to catch ferrets, stoats and rats that prey on the young, flightless birds, refilling the traps with fresh eggs for bait. A New Zealand Penguin, Hard to Spot, Is Harder to Preserve 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z When they woke up - hung-over and with the flightless bird in their apartment - they tried "their incompetent best" to care for him by feeding him and putting him in the shower, the court heard. 13 of the world's most stupid criminals - BBC News 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Each time they tried to catch the big, flightless bird, it got away. Emu evades police for days, until it’s caught in barbed wire 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z But when red foxes were imported for sport hunting in the 19th century, they found the tiny, flightless birds to be easy prey. Australia Deploys Sheepdogs to Protect Penguins From Foxes 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z They focused in particular on understanding the group called Neoaves, encompassing more than 90 percent of all birds, the exceptions being large flightless birds like ostriches and a group including ducks and chickens. Ruffling the feathers: scientists formulate bird family tree 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Nature This new episode focuses on large flightless birds. Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z But African penguins — the continent’s only species of the flightless bird — are at risk of extinction. Cute African penguins are at risk of extinction 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z But African Penguins — the continent's only species of the flightless bird — are at risk of extinction. Africa's penguins perishing in huge numbers; effectiveness of years-old fishing ban unknown 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z An omnivorous, Sapeornis-like flightless bird? Interpreted as a bird from the region of the cladogram described above, we have to conclude that Balaur was not the arch-predator previously imagined, but an omnivore or generalist. The Romanian Dinosaur Balaur Seems to be a Flightless Bird 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z WZZM-TV and The Grand Rapids Press report that the flightless bird, which sparked a search in Ionia County, was found Wednesday at the farm called Emu Endeavor and killed. Emu that got loose from farm is killed after returning home 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The children's entertainer insisted he was not bitter - Orville had made him a household name, after all - but he could never escape the nappy-wearing, flightless bird. Obituary: I created a monster - BBC News 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z A genetic study suggests the flightless birds lost three of the five basic tastes long ago in evolution. Penguins lost ability to taste fish 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z The large flightless birds like the ostrich were confirmed as the family tree's oldest branch. Feathered friends: researchers unveil bird 'family tree' 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Based on phylogenetic analyses and critique of the various unusual features of this theropod, we argue that Balaur is likely not a dromaeosaurid, but a secondarily flightless bird. The Romanian Dinosaur Balaur Seems to be a Flightless Bird 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z But an ostrich is a flightless bird and this one turned into a turkey. Who is so-called Welsh Cocaine King? 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z The great auk, a flightless bird that stood nearly 3 feet tall and vaguely resembled a penguin, was last sighted around 1844. Can an Inn Save Newfoundland’s Fogo Island Rather, it appears these flightless birds surprisingly evolved from ancestors that flew long distances to new corners of the world and then evolved independently to be flightless. Tiny Kiwi and Giant Elephant Bird Are Close Cousins 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Yes, like the clumsy, flightless bird that went extinct and whose name became a synonym for a silly or stupid person. Tree chronicles Worcester woman’s life 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z Scientists say that the connection between the two also means that the kiwi, now a flightless bird, once took to the skies. The Kiwi, New Zealand's National Bird, Isn't From Australia After All 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z That's because two decades ago, Cooper and other scientists discovered genetic links between the kiwi and two Australian flightless birds, the cassowary and the emu. Kiwi DNA link spurs rethink of flightless birds 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s also fueling a broader debate about the origins of many of the world’s best-known flightless birds, from ostriches in Africa to emus in Australia. A Theory on How Flightless Birds Spread Across the World: They Flew There 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z It remains a mystery why these lineages of flying ratites all independently became flightless birds. Tiny Kiwi and Giant Elephant Bird Are Close Cousins 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Another highly unusual, almost flightless bird, due to its startling ash-white plumage, the kagu is known locally as the 'ghost of the forest'. The 100 most uniquely rare birds 2014-04-10T16:31:01Z Over the past several years, remote cameras have obtained images of a remarkable new species of giant flightless bird. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z Massey University professor David Penny, who wasn't involved in the research but who peer reviewed it for Science, said the results are very interesting and help complete the puzzle of flightless birds. Kiwi DNA link spurs rethink of flightless birds 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z How did a group of flightless birds end up scattered far and wide across the Southern Hemisphere? A Theory on How Flightless Birds Spread Across the World: They Flew There 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The largest species of flightless birds alive today are called the ratites, and include the ostrich, emu and rhea. Tiny Kiwi and Giant Elephant Bird Are Close Cousins 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z When Maori settlers arrived in New Zealand in the 13th century, they were greeted by some formidable inhabitants: the moa, nine species of flightless birds up to 12 feet tall. After the Fact: Bird’s Extinction Is Tied to the Arrival of Humans 2014-03-24T21:39:57Z "Some companies are dodos, and they're dodos," said Klaff, recalling a French museum where he saw an exhibit about the flightless bird that became extinct. Hersch Klaff, big-game hunter in a retail jungle 2014-03-10T05:00:00Z The moa is an extinct flightless bird that gets considerably less attention than the dodo. Museum's dinosaurs get overhaul 2014-02-16T02:01:41Z To test this idea, the researchers designed an experiment using freshly slaughtered ostriches which, being large and flightless birds, seemed to be a reasonable modern equivalent to dinosaurs. Palaeontology: Life in the old fossil yet 2013-11-28T15:58:36Z In doing so, he found that the creature's traits were surprisingly similar to those of modern flightless birds such as rails and grebes that frequently dwell on islands. Did Iconic Archaeopteryx Lose Its Ability to Fly? 2013-11-13T15:45:00.493Z Travel, Science and Natural History auction, april 24 Relics of two extinct, flightless birds are among the scientific oddities and historic curiosities up for sale at a London auction house this month. A dodo bone and other scientific oddities hit the auction block 2013-04-15T20:45:23Z It began when the Blackstone Group posted on Thursday, without much fanfare, a picture of two little flightless birds wandering around the investment giant's Midtown Manhattan office. DealBook: Private Equity's Penguins on Parade 2013-01-19T02:35:43Z The flightless birds were only recognized as a separate species in 1994, raising the total number of kiwi species to five. Rarest Kiwi Species Takes Flight 2012-06-22T03:15:00.220Z Whereas the emperor penguin's environment may be too harsh for a human, the flightless bird is well adapted to its home. Penguins from Space: A New Satellite Census Doubles the Known Population of Emperors 2012-04-13T21:15:00.233Z “It could go the way of the dodo,” he said in a telephone interview, referring to the flightless bird in Mauritius that was driven to extinction in the late 17th century. Nobody Wants TMX With 198% Return on Maple Acquisition: Real M&A 2012-02-26T18:23:01Z Ostriches and emus are members of the ratites, a group of flightless birds that also includes rheas and kiwis. Ostrich Penis Clears Up Evolutionary Mystery 2011-12-08T20:45:01.940Z The idea is to help a tiny flightless bird into the air by setting him off down a hill, launching him into the air, then touching the screen to maintain his flight. 25 best smartphone games ? part two 2011-07-15T14:46:49Z It stars Jim Carrey as a father who learns the importance of family life when he inherits half a dozen of the flightless birds. Green Lantern powers to the top 2011-06-20T12:15:27Z These large flightless birds are super-dads who have no need for any help from mom. Good Dads and Not-So-Good Dads in the Animal Kingdom 2011-06-19T10:15:00.293Z The Guam Rail, a flightless bird locally known as the ko’ko’, thrived. Problems Without Passports: Scientific Research Diving at USC Dornsife--The Endangered Endemics and the Aggressive Invader 2011-05-24T13:45:00.233Z Based on what I know about Morehead State's tradition of excellence, we'll give them the nod over the holy flightless birds. Introducing ... Ask Akita 2011-03-14T18:56:07Z An extinct flightless bird from Jamaica fought rivals and predators using wings evolved into clubs, scientists suggest. Ancient island bird went clubbing 2011-01-05T00:03:58Z Julian Hume, an avian palaeontologist with London's Natural History Museum who was not involved in the research, noted that unlike most flightless birds, Xenicibis retained long wings, possibly making its flailing more powerful. Ancient island bird fought with club-like wings 2011-01-05T00:03:58Z Choose a name for this rare flightless bird -- What do you think of when you hear the word "kiwi"? a. National Zoo invites people to pick a name for kiwi chick 2010-10-13T04:00:00Z But among some large, flightless birds like emus and rheas, the male is often the sole keeper of the nest. Father-Child Bonds in the Animal World, Special and Strange 2010-06-14T22:33:00Z A half dozen squawking, flightless birds coiled above the door in the attic were disposed of. The Land of Look Behind Dogs, cats and the European rats came in early with the settlers, and destroyed the flightless birds, driving them for shelter to the mountains. More Science From an Easy Chair These parasites must have been inherited unchanged by the various members of these three families of flightless birds from their common ancestors, that is from early Cainozoic times at latest. The Life-Story of Insects They have spread widely, and have not confined their depredations to the rabbits, so that the indigenous flightless birds have suffered largely. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The wekas or Maori hens are small, flightless birds, averaging when full grown about two and three-quarter pounds. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 They are flightless birds, but excellent swimmers and tremendous in size, with white breast, short wings, black head, and long peaked bills. The Smoky God, or, a voyage to the inner world The Kiwis are still in existence, but the Moas and some of the other flightless birds have died out since the arrival of the Maori man, who killed and ate them. More Science From an Easy Chair |
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