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Like many precocial hatchlings, domestic chickens are already covered with a coat of downy feathers when they hatch. The word down comes from the Old Norse word dúnn, which had the same meaning as its modern equivalent. [1] The down feather is considered to be the most "straightforward" of all feather types. [2]
A typical vaned feather features a main shaft called the quill with an upper section called the rachis. Fused to the rachis are a series of branches, or barbs ; the barbs in turn have barbules branching off them, and they in turn branch yet again with a series of growths called barbicels , some of which have minute hooks called hooklets for ...
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Newly hatched chicks have downy feathers that do not become waterproof until the chicks grow into juveniles. [20] The juvenile plumage, attained by thirty days after a chick hatches, is dark brown or gray above and white below. These feathers are mainly needed to protect the chicks from the strong sun rather than keep them warm.
Cipactli – sea monster, part crocodile, fish and toad. Always hungry, thousands of mouths (Spanish, Aztec) Dragon – serpentine, reptilian traits (worldwide) Dungavenhooter – a crocodile creature with no mouth and huge nostrils using its tail to pound victims into a vapor, which it inhales for through its nose
Enypniastes [a] is a genus of deep-sea sea cucumber.It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Enypniastes eximia.Due to its unique appearance, the species has been dubbed the headless chicken fish, headless chicken monster, and the Spanish dancer.
A similar edible tunicate in the Mediterranean is Microcosmus sabatieri, also called a sea violet or sea fig. [11] There are concerns about the safety of eating P. chilensis, given its high concentration of vanadium, with up to 1.9 mg/kg found in dry blood plasma. [12] Vanadium is a heavy metal, considered toxic at any more than incidental ...
The sexes did not differ in color; juvenile birds are unknown but probably had duller bare parts and some greyish-buff fringes to the feathers. The coloration of downy young is likewise unknown; these are generally brownish-grey above with dark striping to provide camouflage against predators such as gulls; considering the dark lava rock ...