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birdie with big feet
In a message dated 4/7/1999 3:56:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Aquatic-Plants-Owner at actwin_com writes:
> At 03:48 AM 4/7/99 -0400, Cliff asked:
> >>>From: Dave Gomberg <gomberg at wcf_com>
> >>>http://www.wcf.com/wcf/amapage.html
> >That little birdie has some big feet. How big was that caiman?
>
> Birdie was a chick, size from hand for scale.
that birdie is a jaçana, the rail-like birds that use those huge webbed feet
to walk on lily pads. males also hold their chicks under their wings for
transport.
tsuh yang chen, nyc