geese flying overhead. How the following behaviours of this species provide some insights for organization wishing to achieve performance excellence? o As each bird flaps it’s wings, it creates uplift for the other bird behind. By using a “V” formation, the whole flock adds 71 percent more flying range than if each bird flew alone. Lesson: People who are part of a team and share a common direction can get where they are going more quickly and easily because they are travelling on the thrust
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The Archaeopteryx was just one bird that was observed by scientists to see if evolution existed. About 150 million years ago, similarities were found in the foot, wrist, and tailbone of the Archaeopteryx that also could be found in some species of dinosaurs. This knowledge gave them great insight into where birds came from how they evolved from dinosaurs. It is remarkable how birds were able to outlive dinosaurs. If one encyclopedia was able to name 9,702 living bird species, which was ten times greater
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Mrs. Wright “Here’s a nice mess”, said the County Attorney. They wanted to stand up for Mrs. Wright it’s kind of like she was getting bullied. Mr. Wright took the life away from Mrs. Wright she was probably bored all the time the bird was her only fun. “She liked the bird” it was basically her life. They did what they did to protect their friend
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an animal, I like to be a bird. I want to fly whenever and wherever I want. I want to travel as much as I can. The movie "Rio 2" is one of the great movie that is surely connected in Ecology. It was my first time to watch this movie because I didn't know that this movie can teach us a lesson and I'm thinking that this is just for a kid. When I watched it, I realize that the life of a bird is not that easy. In this movie, I knew what life does the birds have and how does their lives
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it’s because certain animals are mating but, in actuality it’s just too cold for them. Even as I look out my window and see the smaller birds who I feed throughout the year, peaking above my ledge right outside my window peeking for food, they do not want to come out at all. The research team hypothesized that there was a minimum weight threshold below which the birds have been limited yet are needed to test the validity of this interesting hypothesis. For example, and in stark contrast to behavioral
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Today is my first day volitering at the seabirds sanksuary and I am really exited. My first jod was to trim the tree branches and I know that it is not the most exiting job but, it is mine. When I was in the middle of cutting a branch I had just relized the there was a honey bee hive. I relized that I had to tell my maneger. At first I was scard that they would try to sting me but they did not. After that one tree my maneger said'' that I would take my first gruop of people around for a tore
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Have you ever wonder what it's like to be a penguin? Lauren Tarshis writes her article, trying to get the reader to put themselves into a penguin's flippers. On the other hand Dyan deNapoli writes about a first hand experience with rescuing penguins from an devastating oil spill. In this essay I will be telling you the differences and similarities between Lauren Tarshis’s and Dyan deNapoli’s point of view about a penguin rescue effort after an oil spill. Both Lauren Tarshis and Dyan deNapoli support
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Penguins What is the animal that can stay underwater for up to 22 minutes, is very tall, and sleds down icy hills. It’s an emperor penguin, of course. Emperor penguins are the largest penguins and the only type of penguin that lays eggs in the harsh chilly Arctic. Though emperor penguins look cuddly, they will hurt you with their beaks if you try to touch one. Emperor penguins get their food from the sea. The sea has a bountiful amount of fish, krill, and squid, which is perfect for emperor
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The problem addressed is how to drop an egg from approximately 18’ and enable the egg to survive the impact unscathed. There are many simple solutions available for purchase on the open market, but one of the constraints placed on this project is materials should be recycled or repurposed and not obtained from a retail store. The mission at hand is to obtain recycled materials, design a solution to the problem out of those materials, test the design and modify as necessary to improve the outcome
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One morning you look out your window and observe a group of vultures sitting in a tree. It may be unusual, but it happens. When they travel alone, people don’t notice. When they travel together they can be aggravating. Vultures can form committees which causes damage to neighborhoods, but there are ways to remove them. When a group of vultures forms a committee to live together, they start roosting in trees. A committee is when a large number of vultures decide to live together. Surprisingly,
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