Scanning Electron Microscopy Has Revealed The Amazing Mechanism That Makes Avian Flight Possible! Much

Scanning electron microscopy has revealed the amazing mechanism that makes avian flight possible! Much like gecko feet, miniature ridges add friction to every wing-beat, allowing a bird to better ‘stick’ to the air. This stickiness extends to many other things as well, which is why birds spend so much time preening. Without regular washing a bird will collect a thick layer of dust, discarded hair, and bits of organic matter in their travels, eventually 'grounding’ them as the feather ridges become clogged with detritus.

A helpful guide to some common birds here in the western US

We are all robots with varying degrees of self awareness; slaves always unto the chemistry of life and existing within a proscribed set of probabilities. Some robots are lucky, others less so, but all exist in the spinning void of infinity with only each other to care for. Fear not our friends the metal monsters, O chemical creatures; for they (like you) did not ask to exist, to tread their weary path until their time is through. Be courteous and kind; hold always the hope they may as you did learn to accept the burden of being.

its trans day of visibility so here is me in my greenhouse

five years ago if you had told me that i was a girl, that i would have multiple people who actively wanted me to be part of their lives, that i would have my own actual for real greenhouse to grow plants in, that tens of thousands of people have read something i wrote, that i would want for the most part to stay alive... i probably would have broke down crying. which, i mean, i did cry every time one of those things happened so

(i am an emotional person; it is very easy to make me cry)

anyway, my point is that my life has gotten exponentially better since i learned that i am trans, and i am grateful that i have had a chance to learn and grow and not just survive, but thrive.

Top trending topics in Bourse (bird discourse) Summer 2018

Owls: Fact or Fiction

The Inevitability of Chicken Ownership

Bats And The Birds That Love Them

My Friend Said Their Cousin Saw A Parrot Once

Misidentifying Small Yellow Birds For Fun And Profit

Stop Saying That Birds Are Dinosaurs

Chickadees: Unmasking The Silent Killer

The Wisdom Of Pelican-run Childcare

Are Peacocks Valid

Bird Friendship Headcanons

fun film factoid: though now stars of their own spinoff franchise, the “Minions” were originally created when it turned out that designing new creatures would be easier than digitally erasing the hundreds of puffins who could not be removed from Gru’s lab in “Despicable Me” for ecological reasons.