Quotes About Avian

scientists now argue that the primordial source of all flu strains is migrating aquatic birds such as ducks and geese that have roamed the earth for more than a hundred million years. The flu, it turns out, is all about our relationship with birds.

It is not unusual for ducks to live and reproduce for six to eight years, and there are reports of exceptional birds living fifteen years or longer.

The hatchability of artificially incubated duck eggs often is 5 to 10 percent lower than that of chicken eggs.

I have dogs and birds as pets.

If you don't see birds, try calling them. You don't need to have a bird-calling whistle, and you don't even have to know any special calls. One sound that attracts avians: Call pish, pish, pish several times. Another is loudly kissing the back of your hand.

The whole background of 'Avian' is rain. I was just playing with textures and realizing you can touch music.

Most birds are geniuses. We had one that became a pet; he learned to talk, use tools and solve problems.

Tinamous are almost certainly the most primitive living birds.

The Adélie, however, is a small and not very meaty bird

and every six seconds a blackbird

The sparrow flies south for the winter.

Pelicans are simply an ungrateful mouth on wings.

We have a fantastic array of birds of prey here in the U.K.

crow is more agile so it can turn and maneuver more

Truth is, I have been scared of birds since I was a little girl. I think it's genetic because my mom shares this fear with me.

On our way over to see the bird

The avian influenza found in mainland British Columbia poses no significant threat to human health.

When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.

Fari vagnari a pizzu." Pizzu means the beak of any small bird such as a canary.

For many years, the proposed influenza epicenter has been thought to be Southeast Asia. Farming practices there bring pigs, fowl, and people into close contact, allowing swine, avian, and human flu viruses to mix. The cycle is thought to be birds to pigs to humans.

When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.

The respiratory mechanisms of birds are definitely adapted to the function of flight, as evidenced by the fact that birds which do not fly (Apteryx, Penguins) show these adaptations in a greatly reduced form.

Q: What did the duck say to the store clerk? A: Just put it on my bill.

Of all the strands in Operation Fortitude, none was quite so bizarre, so wholly unlikely, as the great pigeon double cross, the first and only avian deception scheme ever attempted.