Photograph by Louis Shackleton.
Colaptes auratus -- female yellow-shafted northern flicker, University of North Carolina at Wilmington campus. Mr. Shackleton writes, "She is gaping, that is, thermoregulating by opening her beak and just breathing, because birds do not sweat."
8 Comments
Victor Hutchison · 4 May 2015
Birds use gular fluttering for evaporative cooling, not 'just breathing.'
Kevin B · 4 May 2015
Victor Hutchison said:
Birds use gular fluttering for evaporative cooling, not 'just breathing.'
Ah. Air-cooled rather than water-cooled.
So, would a baraminologist conclude that a VW Beetle is a sort of bird?
Just Bob · 4 May 2015
Kevin B said:
So, would a baraminologist conclude that a VW Beetle is a sort of bird?
Hello-o! Just look at its hard outer shell and its NAME, fer cryin' out loud. It's one of the insect kind.
Just Bob · 4 May 2015
And they just took a baby one on the ark. Or it hibernated the whole time. Or something.
Henry J · 4 May 2015
Is that with or without a hippocampus? ;)
fnxtr · 5 May 2015
Henry J said:
Is that with or without a hippocampus? ;)
No. Hippie campers drive Westy's, not Bugs.
Henry J · 6 May 2015
Or Winnebago s?
Tristan Miller · 6 May 2015
Do Creationists also engage in gular fluttering, or is that just plain ol' mouth breathing?
8 Comments
Victor Hutchison · 4 May 2015
Birds use gular fluttering for evaporative cooling, not 'just breathing.'
Kevin B · 4 May 2015
Just Bob · 4 May 2015
Just Bob · 4 May 2015
And they just took a baby one on the ark. Or it hibernated the whole time. Or something.
Henry J · 4 May 2015
Is that with or without a hippocampus? ;)
fnxtr · 5 May 2015
Henry J · 6 May 2015
Or Winnebago s?
Tristan Miller · 6 May 2015
Do Creationists also engage in gular fluttering, or is that just plain ol' mouth breathing?