Posts by: Joseph Tierney

Synchronized Flight – The Starling

October 14, 2012 at 11:55 pm

The Starling is a common passerine bird that can be found in temperate reigons throughout North America and Europe. It is a black songbird that has shiny green and purple feathers over its entire body. This bird has an average weight of about 78 grams and has a wingspan of about 35 cm. Also, the […]

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The Not So Flying Flying Lemur (Which Isn’t Even a Lemur)

September 26, 2012 at 11:59 pm

Although commonly referred to as flying lemurs, colugos glide rather than fly. In addition, they are in fact not lemurs at all, rendering there name completely misleading. There are two species of colugos, one is The Malayan flying lemur and the other is the Philippines flying lemur. Together these two species make up the Dermoptera order. Colugos are […]

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