"Can you imagine any better example of divine creative accomplishment that the consummate flying machine that is a bird? The skeleton, very flexible and strong, is also largely pneumatic - especially in the bigger birds. The beak, skull, feet, and all the other bones of a 25-pound pelican have been found to weigh but 23 ounces."

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Source : Guy Murchie (2016). “Song of the Sky”, p.220, Pickle Partners Publishing

Guy Murchie

#Strong Quotes #Skulls Quotes #Feet Quotes

“We don't have to start all over again and try to keep the slate clean. There is no more slate.”
“Things that seem incredibly different can really be manifestations of the same underlying phenomena.”
“The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially.”
“I never practice my guitar. From time to time I just open the case & throw in a piece of raw meat.”
“Give the respect you want to receive; embody the grace you hope to encounter; and help others with no expectations whatsoever.”
“Journalism is organized gossip.”
“When we wrote that scene about the Sleepy Kittens where he's reading the storybook to the kids, it's like we've had to read these stupid books to our kids, and we all want to just tell our kids, "This is really bad. Don't you know that? Can't you see that?"”

Source : Source: collider.com
“We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs.”

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