“Every bird that flies has the thread of the infinite in its claws” – Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
This galah I met on the banks of the Murchison River near Kalbarri seems to defy gravity. But it doesn’t. As any other creature or object it would fall to the earth – even while being a bird – without the ingenuous anatomy of its feet. As in most birds they’re gifted with the so-called tendon locking mechanism or TLM – a mechanism in which the toes automatically grasp a branch in pincer-like fashion when bending its knees and heel articulations, allowing it to stay up in a tree without wasting too much energy and ‘play the Galah’.
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What an interesting bird!!
Thank you for sharing 🙂
Best wishes,
Takami
You are welcome, and thanks for stopping by Takami!
Another winning shot Maurice!
Thank you Dries 🙂 !
That’s really cool! Beautiful bird, too!
They’re gorgeous indeed Terry 🙂
A very cool bird! Funny how it seems they are able to grasp on to nothing as still not fall:)
Galah’s are cool and noisy rascals – wished I was still as agile as them 🙂
These birds are so exciting to see and so pink!
The pink is gorgeous indeed – you would therefore almost forgive them for the noise they produce 🙂