Blodeuwedd is a celtic goddess made of flowers nine of them they are blossom-oak, meadowsweet, broom,cockle, bean, nettle, chestnut, primrose, and hawthorn. Math and Gwydion are the ones that made her to be a wife for Lleu. Blodeuwedds name means " flower-face" it is a name for and owl which she was turned into for punishment when she feel in love with Gronw Pebyr when she was already married. but you can not help who you fall in love with can you. "She is the white Goddess of Death and Life in
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Fossil evidence points to a new species of a lobster-like creature that was recently uncovered, dubbed with the scientific moniker, ‘Yawunik kootenayi’. The species was named after a mythological figure described by the Ktunaxa People who have long inhabited the region where the species was discovered. The species was found in Marble Canyon site at the north end of the Kootenay National Park in the Canadian Rockies in Canada, as part of the Canadian Burgess Shale fossil deposit on the Alberta B
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Blackbirds are probably the most common known bird because there seem to be more blackbirds than any other bird. This is probably because they are easily recognized by everybody that can talk. Blackbirds are all black in color except for the red markings underneathe the blackbirds wings. Females are a lot lighter in color than males are. Both of the sexes of blackbirds make a lot of noise and they are perhaps the loudest wild bird of that size. Blackbirds are also extremely territorial and that is
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The Emperor Penguin Introduction The Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is a bird that lives in the cold continent of Antarctica. Unlike other penguins on the vast continent, Emperor Penguins can survive extreme temperatures and climates which makes them the tallest, heaviest and strongest penguins on Earth. Habitat The Emperor Penguins live in colonies in the Antarctic almost exclusively between the 66° and 77° south latitudes. Diet Penguins eat many types of seafood. They eat krill, fish,
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When you see or even think of the Adélie penguins many ideas come to mind. One of the first things is Antarctica and winter. Also it is so cool the way they swim thru the water. Or they are so cute with their black and white feathers. Another big feature they are known for is the funny way they walk. But what doesn’t come to mind is their diet or how they can dive at the depths the way they do or even why do they wait on the edge of the ice. When it comes to the living in Antarctica their features
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anthropogenic processes. Metals such as Fe, Mn, and Li were either correlated with natural input or with anthropogenic activities. Concentration of heavy metals such as Cd, Pb, and Cr were well above the threshold level that can cause adverse effects in birds and pose menace to the cattle egrets population in Pakistan. The study suggested that the feathers of cattle egret could be used as a bio-monitor of the local heavy metals contamination. Keywords Heavy metals Á Multivariate analysis Á
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B.A.S.H. Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard The first documented bird strike was made by Orville Wright during a flight near Dayton, Ohio in 1905. Bird strikes have caused millions of dollars in damages to aircraft and loss of human life. Calbraith Rodgers, the first pilot to fly across the continental United States, ironically was also the first to die as a result of a bird strike. In 1912, he struck a gull, causing his plane to crash into the water at Long Beach, California. Recently bird strikes have
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The Mocking Bird is a species of bird known to be loud and incessant vocalist local to the North, South, and Central American regions. A Mocking Birds song is a mixture of its own harmonious notes and tones including up to 40 other distinct noises and sounds. They get their name from their ability to mimic a large variety of other bird’s songs. They are also known to repeat the sounds of frogs, sirens, dogs, and sometimes even human voices. It’s said these birds have more brain devoted solely to
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term duck decoy may refer to two distinct devices, both used for hunting wildfowl. One is a long cone-shaped wickerwork tunnel installed on a small pond to catch wild ducks. After the ducks settled on the pond, a small, trained dog would herd the birds into the tunnel. The catch was formerly sent to market for food, but now these are only used to catch ducks to be ringed and released: see ornithology. The word decoy, also originally found in English as "coy", derives from the Dutch de kooi (the cage)
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learn from the matriarch. The matriarch is ( ) a. A wise Yoda-like elephant that travels off by himself. b. c. The female leader of the head. 5. All birds of prey except ( ) catch their own food. a. Vultures b. Eagles c. Kestrels 4. All birds of prey fly in two basic ways: a. Flapping their wings and gliding b. Flapping their wings and pushing against the air currents with their feet c. Via American
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