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  2. Flying and gliding animals - Wikipedia

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    The heaviest living flying animals are the kori bustard and the great bustard with males reaching 21 kilograms (46 lb). The wandering albatross has the greatest wingspan of any living flying animal at 3.63 metres (11.9 ft). Among living animals which fly over land, the Andean condor and the marabou stork have the largest wingspan at 3.2 metres ...

  3. List of flying mythological creatures - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of flying mythological creatures.This listing includes flying and weather-affecting creatures. Adzehate creatures; Angel; Arkan Sonney; Basilisk; Boobrie; Cockatrice

  4. List of wind deities - Wikipedia

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    Habagat, the Tagalog god of winds and also referred to as the god of rain, and is often associated with the rainy season. He rules the kingdom of silver and gold in the sky, or the whole Himpapawirin (atmosphere). Lihangin, the Visayan god of the wind. Linamin at Barat, the goddess of monsoon winds in Palawan.

  5. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    Makara (Hindu mythology) – half terrestrial animal in the frontal part (stag, deer, or elephant) and half aquatic animal in the hind part (usually of a fish, a seal, or a snake, though sometimes a peacock or even a floral tail is depicted) Mug-wamp - (Canadian) giant sturgeon monster said to inhabit Lake Temiskaming in Ontario. Name is of ...

  6. Tradeoffs for locomotion in air and water - Wikipedia

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    Birds also have specialized structures called air sacs closely associated with their lungs that store air when the animal inspires, further reducing body weight and maintaining the partial pressure of oxygen within the lungs equal to that of the surrounding environment. While highly beneficial for flight, decreasing body weight (and thus whole ...

  7. Air sac - Wikipedia

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    Air sacs are spaces within an organism where there is the constant presence of air. Among modern animals, birds possess the most air sacs (9–11), with their extinct dinosaurian relatives showing a great increase [clarification needed] in the pneumatization (presence of air) in their bones. [1]

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  9. Category:Wind creatures - Wikipedia

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