Πελαργός: Διαφορά μεταξύ των αναθεωρήσεων

 

Storks tend to use [[soaring]], gliding flight, which conserves energy. Soaring requires [[thermal]] air currents. [[Ottomar Anschütz]]'s famous [[1884]] [[albumen]] photographs of storks inspired the design of [[Otto Lilienthal]]'s experimental [[glider]]s of the late [[19th century]]. Storks are heavy with wide [[wingspan]]s, and the [[Marabou Stork]], with a wingspan of 3.2 m (10.5 feet), shares the distinction of "longest wingspan of any land bird" with the [[Andean Condor]].

 

The fable that babies are brought by storks is mainly from [[Netherlands|Dutch]] and Northern [[Germany|German]] nursery stories, no doubt from the notion that storks nesting on one's roof meant good luck, often in the form of family happiness.

 

[[Image:zoo.stork.arp.500pix.jpg|thumb|right|204px|White Stork ''Ciconia ciconia'']]

 

'''FAMILY CICONIIDAE'''

 

*A series of sightings of a mysterious [[pterodactyl]]-like creature in South Texas' [[Rio Grande Valley]] in the 1970s has been attributed to an errant [[jabiru]] that become lost during a migratory flight and wound up in an unfamiliar region, or an ''[[Ephippiorhynchus]]'' stork escaped from captivity (see [[Big Bird (cryptid)|Big Bird]]).

 

 

 

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