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Greater Roadrunner | Out in the Desert | Pinterest | Greater ...  The Greater Roadrunner is a large cuckoo that can outrace a human, kill a ... they hold their lean frames nearly parallel to the ground and rudder with their long tails. ... It can run 15 miles per hour, probably with much faster spurts when chasing a ...... Also called the chaparral bird, the roadrunner inhabits desert and shrubby...
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Alaskan Adventures Archives - Alaska Sporting Journal  May 13, 2016 ... The steel gold pans of old are still made, but most actual miners and ... a fashion that small items can be sucked into the bottle but can't escape. ... pan when they are learning, sometimes 15 to 20 minutes or more. ... It's also a perfect time for trout and grayling on mice and other dry flies. ..... Dick Openshaw
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Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus | BIRDS VGEL ...  ... runner munching on a tasty snake, one of the very unique things you can ... Also called the chaparral bird, el corrrecaminos, and el paisano, the .... Clocked at up to 26 mph. .... Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) A bird on the ground ..... Roadrunners reach two feet from sturdy bill to white tail tip, with a bushy...
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Jeopary Questions page 12 - SIMPSONS CHARACTERS ...  HOLD THE FORT: Also called a Chaparral cock, it can't stay airborne long, but can reach about 15 mph on the ground  THE MASK OF ZORRO: Antonio...
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Charley Harper Store | Puns - About Charley | World's Largest ...  The owl-mouse affair has been going on for so long that it is a classic ... Amorously Airborne: In springtime, you may be lucky enough to witness a male .... They also have all the athletic grace of bulldozers, which is why they spend a ..... But while they are still on the nest, the family circle is a bond that can't be ...... Stay tuned.
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Pronghorns, Pronghorn Pictures, Pronghorn Facts ... - Animals  Antelope Buck In Grass. Pronghorn Pose ... The pronghorn is the second fastest land mammal in the world, after the cheetah. It can attain speeds of ... The horns split to form forward-pointing prongs that give the species its name. ... Pronghorns mate each fall in the dry, open lands of western North America. Bucks gather...
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The World's Fastest Animals on Land, Sea and Air TwistedSifter  Oct 30, 2011 ... The cheetah, however, achieves by far the fastest land speed of any living animalbetween 112 and 120 km/h (70 and 75 mph) in short bursts covering ... During a typical chase, its respiratory rate increases from 60 to 150 ... Sailfish are highly prized game fish and are known for their incredible jumps.
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Andean condor - Wikipedia  The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is a South American bird in the New World vulture family ... The Andean condor is sometimes called the Argentinean condor, Bolivian condor, Chilean condor, Colombian condor, Ecuadorian condor, or Peruvian .... Generally, mature males tend to be at the top of the pecking order, with...
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Andean condor - Wikipedia  The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is a South American bird in the New World vulture family .... Overall length can range from 100 to 130 cm (3 ft 3 in to 4 ft 3 in). ..... The condor is featured in several coats of arms of Andean countries as a...
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What Mammals Can Fly? - YouTube  Dec 1, 2015 - 31 sec - Uploaded by I'm Feeling CuriousBats are the only mammals that are able to fly. The ""flying squirrel"" can only do  what the ...
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Free Flashcards about ALSO KNOWN AS... - StudyStack  THIS SPEEDY BIRD OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST IS ALSO KNOWN AS A GROUND CUCKOO, ROAD RUNNER. THIS ARACHNID IS ALSO KNOWN AS...
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Peregrine Falcons aka Duck Hawks, Bullet Hawks - AvianWeb  It can reach speeds over 322 km/h (200 mph), making it the fastest animal in the world. ... but as in many birds of prey the Peregrine Falcon displays marked reverse sexual ... Other than bats taken at night, it rarely hunts small mammals, but will on ... coastal populations of the large subspecies pealei feed almost exclusively...
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Smallest Bird, Largest Bird, Fastest Bird, Slowest Bird | Birds of a ...  Andean condors (Vultur gryphus) are the heaviest species of bird of prey. .... The male emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) spends several months without...
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Peregrine falcon - Wikipedia  As is typical of bird-eating raptors, peregrine falcons are sexually dimorphic, females being considerably larger than males. The peregrine is renowned for its speed, reaching over 320 km/h (200 mph) during its characteristic hunting stoop (high speed dive), making it the fastest member of the animal kingdom.
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10 Most Amazing Animals in Peru - wildlifetrip.org  Sep 23, 2016 ... Peru is an excellent place to view interesting animals, since it is ... The shaggy fur is usually black, but can also be gray or brownish red. ... The vicua, a relative of the llama and probable ancestor of the ... The Andean cock-of-the-rock is Peru's national bird, found mainly in the cloud forests of the Andes.
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Armadillo - Wikipedia  Armadillos are New World placental mammals with a leathery armour shell. ... The largest species, the giant armadillo, can be the size of a small pig and weigh ... Only the South American three-banded armadillos (Tolypeutes) rely heavily on ... walk underwater for short distances, holding its breath for as long as six minutes;...
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California Condor - California Department of Fish and Wildlife  The California condor, Gymnogyps californianus, is the one of the largest flying birds in ... The male Andean condor of South America is even larger than our California condor. ... Condor nest sites are in cliff caves in the mountains. ... The entire world population of the species was 27 birds, and all were housed in two captive...
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Sidewinder - Snake Facts  The sidewinder or horned rattlesnake is a small pit viper found in the desertic regions of ... names like horned rattlesnake, sidewinder rattlesnake or sidewinder rattler. ... traction and makes possible its movement on loose windblown desert sand. However this peculiar locomotion is used by the sidewinder on any substrate...
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Extreme Animals Competition: Pronghorn v. Peregrine Falcon | The ...  Aug 2, 2016 ... Side by side illustrations of an antelope-like animal and a falcon ... land mammal in the world and the fastest in the Western Hemisphere. ... pronghorn is the only animal that sheds and regrows its distinctive forked horns every year, ... is called the duck hawk for its ability to catch birds as large as ducks!).
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The Camel, Dromedary (One Hump) and Bactrian (Two Humps ...  A tall desert-dwelling creature, the camel has become an icon of the Asian and African deserts. ... Camels can easily be identified by the unique one or two humps on their ... and along the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East and Indian desert areas. ... When running, a camel can reach a speed up to 40 mph in short bursts,...
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When car names go bad - motoring | Stuff.co.nz  May 18, 2013 ... Sometimes car makers seem unaware of an embarrassing name. ... News  Lifestyle Vehicles  Road tests  Customs & Classics  Bikes  Motorsport ... slowly in Latin countries, probably because its name can mean it doesn't go. ... Impala - a graceful, slender, medium-sized herbivorous antelope (Chevrolet);.