| 单词 | hoatzin |
| 例句 | A hoatzin, a primitive bird like a living archaeopteryx, called in the distance as we baited hand-lines with — what else? — gristly chunks of local beef. On a Colombian Savanna, Hawks, Caimans and So Many Stars 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z After another bird-filled stop, where we saw our first turkey-like hoatzin — whose ungainly size and clumsy movements made us all laugh — we were transferred into two smaller canoes. Bears, Binoculars and Bucket-List Birds: A 15-Day Tour in Ecuador 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Scientists were surprised to learn that some hoatzin still use their claws to climb and move around. Our favorite Science photos of 2019 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z One animal they were eager to see was the hoatzin, which is a “punk-rock looking bird,” he said, because of its mohawk. 2 globe-trotting college professors bring world to class 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Chickens share the most DNA with the first bird ancestor, closely followed by hoatzin and emu. The Bird Family Tree Gets a Makeover 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z But ostriches, sandhill cranes and hoatzins would each be challenging to work with in a laboratory. Paleontologist Jack Horner is hard at work trying to turn a chicken into a dinosaur Careful search revealed another half-dozen hoatzins, sheltered among the dense foliage of the tallest tree. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z A day-old hoatzin chick has claws on its wing, which will be gone by the time it is full grown. Our favorite Science photos of 2019 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z The most interesting of the birds he had seen was the hoatzin. Through the Brazilian Wilderness That, to my mind, exactly describes the odor of hoatzins as I sensed it among these alien surroundings. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The flight of the hoatzin resembles that of an over-fed hen. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The mid-day life about this haunt of hoatzins was full of interest. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Still, zo�logically considered, the hoatzin is probably the most remarkable and interesting bird living on the earth today. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The hoatzin's status lies rather with the caged bird. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Six months later as I drove along a tropical river road I saw three hoatzins perched on a low thorn bush at the river's edge in front of a house. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z When we needed it the sun broke through the rain and shone brightly; when our lenses were ready, the baby hoatzins ran the gamut of their achievements. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The hoatzin's voice is no more melodious than the cry of a peacock, and less sonorous than an alligator's roar. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z When a mother hoatzin took reluctant flight from her nest, the young bird at once stood upright and looked curiously in every direction. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z But one little hoatzin, if he had any thoughts such as these, failed to count on the invariable exceptions to every rule, for this day the totally unexpected happened. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Indeed this simile came to mind often when I became more intimate with nestling hoatzins. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z For three miles we drifted past the chosen haunts of the hoatzins. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z First, there were hoatzins, hinting of �ons of years ago; then, the library, which preserved so perfectly the atmosphere of our great grandparents. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z This was the real home of the birds, and this plant forms the background whenever the hoatzin comes to mind. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z But the young hoatzin neither gasped nor shivered, and seemed as self-possessed as if this was a common occurrence in its life. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Such is the normal right destiny of a hoatzin chick, and the whee-og! wrung from him by the reaction of safety seemed to voice all this. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z As I have mentioned, the nest of the hoatzin was invariably built over the water, and we shall later discover the reason for this. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z On these at a fork or at the crossing of two distinct branches, the hoatzins placed their nests, and with the soft-tissued leaflets they packed their capacious crops and fed their young. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z But the heart of our interest in the hoatzins centered in the nestlings. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Not a quiver on the part of the little hoatzin. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z A hoatzin which may have been crouched close to the slain bird would continue to preen its plumage without a glance downward. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z As I have said, success with the hoatzins came swiftly and completely. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z In such environment the hoatzin lives and thrives, and, thanks to its strong body odor, has existed from time immemorial in the face of terrific handicaps. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z At last the never-to-be-forgotten hoarse gutturals of hoatzins came to our ears, and dimly through the rain we saw one small branchful of four birds, hunched up with drenched plumage. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The young hoatzin stood erect for an instant, and then both wings of the little bird were stretched straight back, not folded, bird-wise, but dangling loosely and reaching well beyond the body. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z |
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