Flightless birds

“The Sound of Silence" (Paul Simon, 1964）and "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" (Samuel Ervin Beam, 2008) are picturesque songs with meaningful social commentary. Their poetic lyrics reveal an invisible depression and critical content about the society. The two songs both convey a faint frustration against authors' ideal world, but the original cause of such emotion is different. In "the Sound of Silence", the author fell in deep depression because of the isolation and apathy among people lack of communication and thoughts. By contrary, in another song, author's negative mood is caused by the loss of individual innocence and the dissolution of American dream. And the degree of the depression in the latter is higher than the former, because…

Did you know that a penguin, which is a bird from the Polar Regions, can be kept as a pet? Ask me why and I will tell you. Penguins do not need to live in a cold environment to survive. Most penguins can comfortably survive in mild temperatures and can, therefore, be kept as pets. However, since penguins are an endangered species, it requires a lot of legalities to have them as pets. In many countries, it is illegal to trade in penguins and the penalties for such actions are stiff. In case you…

Coastal northern and eastern Australia. Physical description-A large 'goose sized' bird. It has a long black neck, ending in a wave of white. A slice of white shines from its black tail feathers, and the top of it's wings, back and front, are also white. It has a sharp, orange beak. Lifestyle-These birds live in large groups, mostly consisting of over 100 of them. Habitat-These birds live in floodplains and wet grasslands. This probably means their diet consists of fish. Food-Since the…

When we think of birds we usually tend to imagine them above our heads flying high in the sky. We tend to forget that some of them live in extremely cold environments and can actually swim deep underwater for sufficient amount of time. These strange birds are referred to as penguins. These birds tend to baffle us because of their similarities and different traits compared to their flying relatives. Exactly why and how did they began to develop differently from other birds? So what is the…

In the play, “The Glass Menagerie” each members of the Wingfield’s family is given a bird trait metaphorically. Their last name has deep meaning that they are free and can soar through the air; the play shows that Wingfield is the family symbol and that they can be free and walked out of the nest. Some of the family member traits don’t depict their names, but each are described by birds that fits their character the most. Amanda is a mother that wants the best for her children even though she…

Emperor penguins really aren’t birds. Well, they are, but have little characteristics that are like birds. Emperor penguins are astounding creatures with many features that allow them to survive. As most people know they can’t fly though they are known to be excellent swimmers . The Emperor penguins is part of the Aptenodytes Genus also known as the Great Penguins. ("Emperor Penguin" 2011) The scientific name for the emperor penguin is aptenodytes forsteri. ("Emperor Penguin") Emperor penguin…

endure and survive throughout the extremely low temperatures of the land, climate and circumferential oceans Like all penguins, the Emperor is flightless and therefore travel by walking, sliding along the surrounding ice on its stomachs or swimming in the circumferential ocean. The Emperor Penguin can potentially spend up to 75% of their lives inhabiting in the water, and therefore has multiple necessary adaptations to ensure that it is able to sustain life while doing so. Swimming adaptations…

For other uses, see Parrot (disambiguation). Scarlet Macaws. One is eating using a foot to hold a walnut, while the shell is broken with its beak.Parrots are birds of the roughly 350 species in 85 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most warm and tropical regions. Also known as psittacines (pronounced /?s?t?sa?nz/),[1][2] they are usually grouped into two families: the Psittacidae (true parrots) and the Cacatuidae (cockatoos). Parrots have a pan-tropical distribution with…

A female can weigh up to twice what her mate weighs. Harpy eagles mate for life and the males will help with incubation although most of the sitting is done by the female. Young harpy eagles will fledge at four and-a-half to six months old and reach sexual maturity at 4-5 years old. They prey on tree-dwelling mammals like sloths, various kinds of monkeys, and opossums, and occasionally on other birds like macaws and reptiles like iguanas. (peregrinefund.org; pbs.org) The Toco toucan is one of…

Throughout “Sympathy”, a river is symbolic of freedom. “And the river flows like a stream of glass” (“Sympathy” 4). Rivers are free flowing, as they flow in one direction and it cannot be restricted. This symbol shows that the character desperately wants to be free. Slaves are restricted, having no will of their own because their oppressor forces them into what to do. Moreover. the bird represents a slave, as it is shut in its cage. Hence, in this case, a free flowing river is precisely what the…