HERONS! Eerie, great-winged guardians of canal and marsh! Sinister sentinels of plashy wetlands! Marauding enemy of the fishpond enthusiast, and friend to the ornithologist! What splendid and noble birds you are.
But knew you, my fact-hungry little chums, that the Great Blue Heron has a singular trick up its feathery sleeve? It has special feathers that crumble to form a powder. The enterprising bird rubs this powder onto its other feathers to clean them and make them repel water.
Let us ascend the tallest tower and cry to the stars above - HERONS! HERONS! HERONS! Ahem.
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
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