From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #8382 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Wednesday, January 26 2022 Volume 14 : Number 8382 Today's Subjects: ----------------- White Wife Finds Elongation Secret From African Tribesmen ["African Tribe] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:02:19 -0500 From: "African Tribesmen" Subject: White Wife Finds Elongation Secret From African Tribesmen White Wife Finds Elongation Secret From African Tribesmen http://growsexy.us/vamMGxXO8MvpNRXECCPmr3U2W3jzYssqxCcl-EPlZVCLnQzLyQ http://growsexy.us/Lys1EJc3r15ar5VN2ZOmcmuOHJUadZ8LK_9MnWakCH0M7P4E9w sh away foreign particles and to apply waxy secretions from the uropygial gland; these secretions protect the feathers' flexibility and act as an antimicrobial agent, inhibiting the growth of feather-degrading bacteria. This may be supplemented with the secretions of formic acid from ants, which birds receive through a behaviour known as anting, to remove feather parasites. The scales of birds are composed of the same keratin as beaks, claws, and spurs. They are found mainly on the toes and metatarsus, but may be found further up on the ankle in some birds. Most bird scales do not overlap significantly, except in the cases of kingfishers and woodpeckers. The scales of birds are thought to be homologous to those of reptiles and mammals. Flight Main article: Bird flight Black bird with white chest in flight with wings facing down and tail fanned and down pointing Restless flycatcher in the downstroke of flapping flight Most birds can fly, which distinguishes them from almost all other vertebrate classes. Flight is the primary means of locomotion for most bird species and is used for searching for food and for escaping from predators. Birds have various adaptations for flight, including a lightweight skeleton, two large flight muscles, the pectoralis (which accounts for 15% of the total mass of the bird) and the supracoracoideus, as well as a modified forelimb (wing) that serves as an aerofoil. Wing shape and size generally determine a bird's flight style and performance; many birds combine powered, flapping flight with less energy-intensive soaring flight. About 60 extant bird species are flightless, as were many extinct birds. Flightlessness often arises in birds on isolated islands, probably due to limited resources and the absence of land predators. Although flightless, penguins use similar musculature and movements to "fly" through the water, as do some flight-cap ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #8382 **********************************************