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...also probably the noisiest bird; its elongated windpipe so amplifies its hysterical cry that it can be heard two miles away. Pure white, except for some black wing and head feathers and reddish-brown head spots, it is one of the most beautiful of birds. In flight, its wingspread is seven feet; on the ground, it walks haughtily through marshes in search of frogs and snakes, or performs its pre-mating dance with rapid grace. It is an aloof, snobbish aristocrat which sticks with its own family, fights off other cranes who come to poach on its hunting grounds...
...terrified children and wiping blood from tiny gashes in necks, faces and arms, they heard screams and shouts from the nearby hut of the Zavala family. Castro went to the door and looked out. Against the paling sky, he saw the thing returning-a bat with a twelve-inch wingspread. Castro grabbed the bat, squeezed it, flung it to the floor, stomped it to death. When he looked at his hand, he saw blood spurting from a finger...
Your concepts of "huge" differ radically from those of most people: the male Duck Hawk is 18 inches in length, the female 19, with a wingspread of 40 to 46 inches. The Duck Hawk, credited with the aviary speed record of 175 m.p.h., kills by "stooping" at its victim and striking it in mid-air with great force. They have been known to kill birds as large as the Canada Goose (length...
...Miami's midwinter air show last week, France showed off the world's first jet-propelled light plane for private use: the Fouga Cyclone. With its wide wingspread and light construction (1,182 Ibs.), it not only looked like a glider but could fly like one. Apparently to make up for the heavy fuel consumption of the jet motor, the Cyclone's makers said that the plane could soar in updrafts for miles with the motor shut off, land at only 45 m.p.h...
Rarely has a show reached its 100th-performance milestone in spite of a hostile press. All for Love is rarer still: it got there in spite of an apathetic public. Its only impetus has come from a stubbornly stagestruck millionaire named Anthony Brady Farrell, an angel with the largest wingspread ever seen on Broadway.* In the year since Farrell took a leave from his Albany chain factory, he has spent more than $2,000,000 plunging where others fear to tread...