A Jay venturing into a yard where Peacocks used to walk, found there a number of feathers which had fallen from the Peacocks when they were
moulting. He tied them all to his tail and strutted down towards the Peacocks.
"It has always been my pride to lay a fresh egg every morning, except when I'm
moulting. I never feel like having my morning cackle till the egg is properly laid, and without the chance to cackle I would not be happy."
Our
moulting season, like that of the fowls, must be a crisis in our lives.
Little John twanged his bowstring with a shout, and when the Sheriff dashed in through the gates of Nottingham Town at full speed, a gray goose shaft stuck out behind him like a
moulting sparrow with one feather in its tail.
However, it is the water-based birds that really take their time
moulting. Ducks and grebes for instance, shed all their flight feather at once and so actually become totally incapable of flight for several weeks.
It is hard work and your spider's body will be very soft for about a week after
moulting. Do not handle it in this period.
long-term acclimation to salinity and the effects of salinity on growth and
moulting. J.
This study evaluated the effect of
moulting on the productive and reproductive performance of Japanese quails.
As they do every year, the birds are currently
moulting in the late summer heat - causing more than one bad hair day!
But many have extended
moulting periods, and this is not unusual if your dog has been neutered.
The smell of
moulting: A'-acetylglucosamino-l,5-lactone is a premoult biomarker and candidate component of the courtship pheromone in the urine of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus.
Lime powder was dusted on silkworm before settling for moult so as to keep the bed dry and facilitate easy
moulting in each moult a bed disinfection with Vijetha was practiced.