Sentences with phrase «gull chicks»

The Gull Chick Principle Other rules of aesthetics besides peak shift can also be invoked to explain the astonishing diversity of species.

The gull chick principle may apply widely, because the visual system of every animal is wired to use specific characteristics to identify others of its species.

Another, even more striking example of the gull chick principle is the idiosyncratic preference (demonstrated in the lab) that guppies show for potential mates that have been painted blue — even though in nature guppies are not blue.

Not exact matches

I'm just stand in the middle of the surf like a mother hen, counting her chicks every few moments to make sure they are all in reach lest they get knocked over by a wave or get distracted and chase a sea gull too far down the beach.

A chick will peck equally fervently at a disembodied beak; no gull need be attached to it.

In California researchers found what came to be known in the press as «gay gulls»: same - sex seagull couples shacking up together in the nest, protecting eggs with abnormally thin shells that often harbored dead chicks.

He has observed polar bears eating more than 200 eggs in 2 hours, and last year no chicks or eggs of any species — barnacle geese, eiders, and glaucous gulls — survived.

The diversity of behaviours is astounding, ranging from «lesbian» gulls who share nests and rear chicks together, to male ostriches courting one another with unique «pirouette dances».

A variety of seabirds can be seen throughout the year, including brown pelicans, cormorants, pigeon guillemots, and western gulls (gull nesting and chicks can be observed from the end of April through July).

Neighboring gulls sometimes kill wayward chicks, but adoption is frequent.