Sentences with phrase «tail feathers during»
SING ON Acoustic cameras reveal how male Costa's hummingbirds can aim the sound produced by fluttering tail feathers during courtship dives.
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The Daohugou Biota makes an immense contribution to our understanding of vertebrate evolution during this period, with such notable creatures as the oldest known gliding mammal, another early mammal that may have swum with a beaver - like tail, the oldest dinosaurs preserved with feathers, and a pterosaur that represents an important transitional form between two major groups.
During mating season, the male grows a streamer tail, a feather train that can be up to three feet long.
The researchers believes that the new discovery explains the role that the tail feathers played during aerodynamic behavior such as gliding or flying.
One of the characteristics of Goldens is their multi-length coat, which consists of a good undercoat during the colder months, with a longer, water - repellent outer coat with heavier feathering on the chest, tail, back of thighs and forelegs.