Peacock anatomy

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Bird Anatomy Drawing, Birds Anatomy, Comparative Anatomy, Bird Anatomy, Bird Study, Flight Feathers, Cat Skeleton, Bird Artists, Vet Medicine

Please start this bird anatomy series with post #403, March 10. Most birds are designed for flight and flying demands a rigid airframe. The bird's rib cage and backbone are fused together . . . only the neck, tail, and wings are flexible. The spine of mammals - human and quadruped - is supple. A bird's spine is rigid . . . if it were supple, the bird would lose control and could not fly. The bird's bones are hollow, light, and remarkably strong. For instance, a pelican weighs twenty pounds…

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Bird Anatomy, Hearts Entwined, Flight Feathers, Bird Artists, Bird Flying, Art Theory, All Drawings, Peacock Bird, The Dove

Please start this bird anatomy series with post #403, March 10. The upper part of the bird's leg is the femur or thigh. Below the femur is the tibia or drumstick. The remaining structure below the drumstick makes up the foot of the bird; called the tarsus and the digits or toes. Below, is a drawing of a turkey's leg with the bones surrounded by muscles, tendons, flesh. Unlike modeling the human or quadruped, the bird sculptor should be more concerned with the skeleton and how it articulates…

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