Friday, December 11, 2009

Bird’s Crop and scaly wings

What is a Bird’s Crop?

I didn't know either. Check out the link and find out!

What are butterfly wings made of?

I knew this, but the magnified pictures are very telling.
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5 comments:

  1. radhaDecember 11, 2009 at 12:42 PM

    Also interesting is the dewlap (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewlap). Nice blog

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  2. AnonymousDecember 11, 2009 at 1:05 PM

    Thanks! Learnt something new today. Make that two new things.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 13, 2009 at 4:58 PM

    Thanks Ambika! something new to learn. But my daughter is so phobic to moths and butterflies, her scream usuall rents our colony whenever she sees even a pea-sized one. I showed here the enlargement of the proboscis and when she realised what it really is, she screamed and ran away.... However I enjoyed the post !
    Venkatesh

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  4. AnonymousDecember 13, 2009 at 5:16 PM

    "Rends" not "rents".. :D
    Venkatesh

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  5. KaminiDecember 13, 2009 at 6:51 PM

    Thanks for the links.

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