#gallinaceous

[zenith-at]

wggly bug

eated by galina

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[wurds-fur-nurds]

Gallisorberance ˌga-lə-ˈsȯr-bə-rəns noun

1. A complex physiological response observed in gallinaceous birds, particularly in relation to the consumption and digestive breakdown of sorbaceous fruits (e.g., sorbus berries). Gallisorberance encompasses the process by which specific compounds in these fruits affect the bird's digestive system, sometimes resulting in altered metabolic rates and nutrient absorption efficiency.

2. By extension, a term used to describe any excessive attraction or affinity shown by gallinaceous species towards sorbaceous fruits, often linked to instinctual dietary patterns.

Example: "The pheasants displayed clear gallisorberance as they eagerly sought out the sorbus-laden branches in early autumn."

[remembering-the-future]

Scientists Sound Alarm: Gallinaceous Birds and Sorbs Decline, Climate Crisis Cascades Across Ecosystems

In a somber report from the International Biodiversity Research Alliance (IBRA), scientists have declared the rapid decline of gallinaceous birds—a diverse group that includes grouse, pheasants, and quail—and sorb trees, such as rowans and whitebeams, as urgent indicators of Earth's worsening climate crisis. Over the past few decades, these species have dwindled to the point of potential extinction in many regions, an alarming development with serious implications for ecosystem stability. Once thriving in diverse habitats, these plants and animals now face stress from unprecedented droughts, extreme temperature fluctuations, and habitat fragmentation driven by human activity. “Their struggle is a red flag,” noted Dr. Emilia Castro, lead ecologist on the report. “If these resilient species are struggling, we’re failing to understand the true depth of the climate crisis on life itself.”

The IBRA report highlights the interconnected relationship between gallinaceous birds and sorbs, a complex web that has sustained forest and woodland ecosystems across the Northern Hemisphere for millennia. Sorbs provide crucial sustenance to gallinaceous birds in the form of berries, particularly during harsher seasons, while the birds aid in the trees' seed dispersal, ensuring both species’ survival. As rising temperatures reduce sorb populations, the birds are forced to migrate to higher altitudes or latitudes where food sources remain more stable, while others face starvation. In the absence of gallinaceous birds, sorbs have lost a key partner in natural propagation, resulting in declining regeneration rates that weaken forest ecosystems. Dr. Castro emphasized that “the collapse of this symbiotic relationship could lead to unpredictable consequences across food webs reliant on both these species for stability.”

Ultimately, the plight of gallinaceous birds and sorbs serves as a microcosm of Earth’s deteriorating ecosystems under climate change. As habitats continue to destabilize, the cascading impacts extend far beyond individual species, threatening biodiversity at a scale not fully appreciated by the global community. Scientists warn that if efforts to curb emissions and restore damaged habitats are not prioritized, the complex interdependencies sustaining life will continue to unravel. The IBRA’s report calls for immediate action, lest humanity watch as ecosystems deteriorate irreparably, leading to a future where the diversity of life on Earth exists only as a memory.

[mybuddyjimmy]

Gallinaceous

Gallinaceous [gal-ə-NAY-shəs]  Part of speech: adjective Origin: Latin, late 18th century  1. Relating to birds of an order (Galliformes) which includes domestic poultry and game birds.  Examples of gallinaceous in a sentence  “We raised a number of gallinaceous birds on the farm, including chickens, turkeys, and pheasants.”  “Ducks are not gallinaceous — they are considered…

[mutant-distraction]

The red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It is sometimes known as French partridge, to distinguish it from the English or grey partridge. The genus name is from Ancient Greek alektoris a farmyard chicken, and rufa is Latin for red or rufous

[haggishlyhagging]

“Many of the physical features developed by males, such as exaggerated canine teeth, claws or horns, larger muscles, more vivid plumage in birds, are the result of the competitive struggle between males to attract females. According to Alexander Wetmore, among the special weapons developed by birds are ‘the spurs of male gallinaceous birds, the sharp claws of coots, the knob-like projections on the wings of geese.’ It is generally the male, he says, who ‘at the approach of the nesting season selects some tract’ and ‘defends it against encroachments from other males of his kind. . . . These battles often lead to the serious injury or even the death of one of the contestants. Feathers fly and blood is drawn, and the struggle may be prolonged until both birds are exhausted....’ He gives this illustration of combativeness even in the absence of females:

Sometimes the seasonal antipathy of male for male be comes ridiculous and may even lead to the injury of the bird, as when a robin or cardinal becomes obsessed with fury at his own reflection in a window-pane, and returns day after day to struggle futilely with a phantom antagonist against which he beats and struggles until he falls exhausted. This shadow fighting sometimes becomes so aggravating that the householder is forced to sereen his window. (Warm-Blooded Vertebrates, Smithsonian Scientific Series, vol. IX, pp. 68-70)

This easily triggered combativeness is commercially exploited by men today in the form of cock fights. Such exploitation is not possible with hens but only with cocks, condemned as they are by nature to strut about and fight other members of their own sex. Since this combativeness is present in mammalian males also, it represented a biological handicap at the beginning of human life.”

-Evelyn Reed, Woman’s Evolution: From Matriarchal Clan to Patriarchal Family

[crevicedwelling]

A kindred spirit, and a sibling. I can imitate very well the mating call of a male capercaillie.

oho! always been a favorite gallinaceous utterance ever since I saw Dave Attenborough knocked on his rear by one of them making the sound.

clickclickpippip pop <but angrier>

[locke01]

My favorite words

I collect them because why not

Snookered

Vainglorious

Tootling

Vizard

Knoblet

Braggadocious

Poot

Wot

Lampoon

Amateurish

Scuppered

Gallinaceous

Pipple

Wharf

Pusillanimous

Incontrovertibly

Pugnacious

Extirpate

Perspicacity

Dunnage

Dongle

[phasianidae45]

Curious, I search and find the family of Phasianidae…which includes gallinaceous birds such as partridges, quails, pheasants, peacocks and related species… In short, table birds accommodated in all manners since time immemorial, among which the Peacock was particularly prized by Nero and Louis XIV...

Yes, to all that! Well done! But there's a pun (hidden) on my first name within the word, which ... well, it just pleases me. Nothing to do with any meaning of being trussed up and waiting to be roasted, you understand!

[zenith-at]

Did You Know?

In July 2021, after phylogenetic analysis, 4 species of quail were moved into the newly reformed "Synoicus" genus.

The scientific name of Brown Quail was changed from "Coturnix ypsilophora" to "Synoicus ypsilophorus". See here and here.

Common Quail vs Brown Quail:

FAQ

Q: Hello ZenitH-AT the gallinaceous. What does this mean for me, a Brown Quail?

A: Don't worry my child. You are valid. You are enough.

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(source my friend used to make this gif)

[saurians-alternative-whfb]

“To the west in those precarious places which we have dubbed as the New World, there reside in those lands creatures that are both unlike us in essence totality, but somehow possess just barely enough of the most basal of the human qualities to be labeled among the disparate races of the world."

Account of Tsophirato Neraci, Tilean anthropologist of the city-state Boladen

The Itzatecah, Holders of the Plan

The peoples of Yextamundaro, otherwise known as the continent of Lustria within the vulgar tongues of Reikspiel, are regarded across the colonies of warm-blooded interlopers by a variety of coarse and demeaning names, with even the most benign of such terms all roughly equating to the indelicate expression of Lizardmen, evident to the lack of thought these outlanders possess.

For from the skewed perspectives of their foreign counterparts ever duplicitous, the bestial appearance of the Itzatecah is what defines them most truly, likening them to the swathes of abhorrent beastkin who stalk the woodland dark of the Old World.

Of course, such presumptions are harrowingly false, the fallacies these perfidious warm-bloods concocted thus failing to reach even but a fraction of any semblance to the Saurians of the southern New World.

Bound onto a timeless and primordial order, the Itzatecah are in reality the custodians of a stoic cause, defending stubbornly the idea of the perfect world as envisioned by their blessed idols, the Old Ones.

Made risen from among the tribes of archaic reptiles who inhabited cities of clay and stone during a period before Chaos flooded the earth, these elder Saurians resided upon the primeval landmass of Mundelos, rearing flocks of gallinaceous aves with rural simplicity across the fields that would later become Yextamundaro.

For soon, these peoples would be visited by the likes of a foreign dominion endemic to nowhere but the heavens and beyond, engendering an era of absolute subservience to an imperial household composed of beings so detached from the elements of any earthly creature. Such an alien armada would make itself known to be the ever-enigmatic Old Ones, riding upon their ships made of silver hewn with gold.

By a show of arms so disastrous that it had led to the utter desecration of nigh-every city the ancestral Itzatecah once had, the magics of the indigenous Saurians proved too minor in the face of this otherworldly technology, and their homes were thus met with uncaring streams of flame and death that rained down upon them with the utmost impunity.

Even the plains had been set ablaze, reducing their nations to a smoldering wasteland that was deemed unlivable for even the most minuscule of vermin. The rivers too had been put to a halt, their life-giving flow now dried up without so much as a warning or answer to the native peoples.

Truly, it was an apocalypse like no other, and when the Old Ones had at last ceased their assault and proclaimed themselves the new gods of the Munda, the survivors of this grave calamity possessed not even an ounce of opposition to their new masters, their compliance fueled with the hope that their descendants would live to see the next dawn.

With mercy compound of their capricious whims, the Old Ones went about seeding the land once more with life abundant, altering the native flora and fauna so that a mighty jungle would rise where seas of grass once flourished.

They then ordered for the construction of new cities whose positions aligned with the foundations of the Geomantic Web, amplifying their presence and power upon the mortal plan with tremendous effects.

As the generations passed and the fear of the ancestral Itzatecah evolved into a sense of unwavering devotion and awe, thus did these conquered Saurians dutifully march out in accordance with their unquestionable masters, traveling across nigh-all the very width of the earth itself, compelled with the intent of spreading the one truth of their lords most supreme.

In their wake, the Itzatecah would do upon their neighbors what had befallen their own forebears, bringing bloody ruin upon the lands they visited and forcing their inhabitants to either bend knee to their alien idols or suffer a fate of assured doom.

This arrangement would go unchanged for a millennium, allowing the Old Ones to begin pruning their new bastion of its undesirables and affirming those things that proved integral to their Great Plan unknowable.Within due time, the birthing of the warm-blooded races was at last set into motion, destined to forever alter this world in the years resounding.

First came the elfs with their impassioned souls and the dwarfs with their hardy spirits, afterward arrived the men with their tenacious will and virile nature, and last were born the ogres and halflings who, while unfinished in their initial design, were wholly complementary of one another.

Yet still, the meticulous preparations of the Old Ones proved for nothing, as their doom was assured when came the crash of their Polar Gates, hurling them into the realm of null and void along with their enigmatic goal for this world.

This event was proclaimed many things by the numerous Itzatecah peoples of Yextamundaro, with the most common of such terms being translated as the Great Catastrophe.

For all across the world, bloodshed and disorder reigned supreme as the hordes of the Ruinous Powers descended with their destructive zeal, heralding the damning encroach of their bale dimension.

To the elfs and dwarfs, their peoples shall always hold to themselves the highest of esteem for their efforts during that bygone era, lacking in full scope to the horrors that showered the world in malign splendor.

For what the elder warmbloods have blatantly ignored is that the brunt of the daemon hosts were quelled not by their middling ancestors, but by the holy flame that was the Itzatecah and their unyielding faith.

They raised armies that would’ve eclipsed the modern legions of man, elf, dwarf, and the other warm-bloods combined, numbering high above their younger counterparts even when the Old Ones still walked among their kind as they foolishly remained idle in their zenith.

The battles waged by the Itzatecah would have inspired incomparable wander and a primeval terror among any warm-blood who was doomed enough to be caught anywhere near such an apocalyptic scene.

As such, it would behoove a member of the lesser creatures to keep true in their hearts the fear they possess for the scaled natives of Yextamundaro.

For even though their dominion has since diminished greatly in the aftermath of the apocalypse, the Itzatecah remain foremost the eldest of the Old Ones' children and are still as capable of wielding the provident might of their gods.

Edit: I Will be soon working on another post for the rest of the Saurians, alongside a general summary of the Saurian species itself.

Upcoming Cultures:

Fimirul Khureshimi Kaempas Skogi Taipanpama Yau-Kuai Mogoibaser Nyokabinad Azremite Nagaraja Kapahito Zumahas Nanahesa Sugelandra Tliyisht Tapotobo

[bigegomagick]

Horoscope for March 2024

If you’re watching hours and hours of bird videos on YouTube, Gemini, today might be a good day to start weening yourself off. Keeping chickens on the roof of an urban apartment is not feasible for someone who has been unemployed for six weeks. Maybe, instead, think about applying to a grocery store. Your mercury in cancer suggests that your luck in the career sector may be turning around. If you can harness that Gemini charisma for a 15-minute interview, there’s a fantastic chance that the next part-time job you apply for will be yours.

Your Neptune is in Aquarius, which means you need to clear the chicken wire out of your kitchen. The bizarre cage you’ve constructed is now more elaborate than any chicken could require, and presents a hazard when trying to get to your brita filter.

Gemini, chickens do not require hoods as a falcon would, and while anyone could see the tremendous time and effort you’ve put in to hand-sewing delicate headwear for your future gallinaceous friends, the stars implore you to direct your energy towards more lucrative pursuits. Your industrious nature is a boon, but must be shepherded!

[ainews]

There's nothing quite like a juicy, perfectly cooked roast to satisfy your cravings for a delicious and hearty meal. But have you ever stopped to wonder why recipes for roasts often call for dollops as a unit of measurement? It turns out that there's a surprisingly gallinaceous reason behind this culinary convention.

To understand the connection between dollops and roasts, we need to take a closer look at the birds known as gallinaceous. This order of birds, which includes domestic poultry like chickens, turkeys, and ducks, as well as game birds like pheasants and quails, are known for their plump and flavorful meat. In fact, "gallinaceous" comes from the Latin word "gallus," meaning cock or rooster, highlighting the importance of these birds in the culinary world.

One of the defining features of gallinaceous birds is their size and shape. They are typically plump and round, with plump breasts and thick, meaty thighs. This unique shape makes them ideal for roasting, as it allows them to retain their moisture and flavor while cooking. It's also why recipes for roasts often call for specific amounts of dollops rather than weight measurements.

So why dollops specifically? The term "dollop" originated in the 16th century and refers to a small, round lump or blob of something soft and semi-liquid. In the context of cooking, a dollop typically refers to a spoonful or scoop of a soft ingredient like cream or butter. In the case of roasts, it refers to spoonfuls of fat that are placed on top of the bird before roasting.

The reason for using dollops of fat for roasting gallinaceous birds is twofold. First, the fat helps to keep the meat moist and juicy while cooking. As the dollops melt, they baste the meat from the inside, adding flavor and preventing it from drying out.

Second, the dollops of fat promote crisp and golden skin on the bird's exterior. This is because as the dollops melt, they create a barrier that prevents the meat's juices from evaporating and escaping. This results in a beautifully crisp and flavorful skin that is an essential part of any perfectly cooked roast.

In conclusion, the use of dollops as a measurement for roasts is rooted in the unique shape and flavor of gallinaceous birds. These plump and round birds are perfectly suited for roasting, and the dollops of fat ensure a moist and flavorful bird with a crispy skin. So the next time you're preparing a delicious roast, remember the gallinaceous reason behind why dollops are the perfect measurement for this beloved dish.

[eddieheart]

Buck: Actually any female bird can be called a hen, though it’s mostly used for gallinaceous birds.

Bobby: When was the last time you went to sleep?

Buck: Who’s sleep and why do I need to see him?

Bobby: I think this team had a good year. I feel like a proud mama hen whose baby chick's learned how to fly.

Ravi: Interesting analogy, Cap. Chickens are famously bad at flying.

[odkrycia-nauce-i-foldery-online]

Artykuł w języku angielskim z pogranicza o vertebrate creatures

03.04.2014. short manuscript for Strangeark.

Vertebrate creatures: evaluation of adequacy by Thomas Quatl

There are a few animals around in regions, recorded previously as uncommon or strange by natives. It should be to known that these examples are animals in local knowledge and that analysis is different to scientific-based classification (Ossendowski 1922, Shuker 1996). Finally, we realized that some ethnoknown animals can be unknown for science. For ethnozoology important is distinguish human-environment relations in socio-spatial analysis. Analytical programs should be developed for confirmed empirically peculiar cases (see eg. Eberhardt 2002). E.g. dragons or humanoids are folk local names with different perspective than scientific-documented approach or naturally-recognized perceive by macrocosmos perspective. Folk names are in the fact human-biased, science should be most macrocosmos-biased (macrocosmos or holism perspective known in pop-knowledge as gaia philosophy). If we do not include nature and method in ethnozoological studies it is dangerous of pseudoscience in our investigations.

Abominable yeti or "any kind of bear" in kyrgyz areas (following by Schetnikov 2001). Kyrgyz hunters locally known as local aksakals described wild fat creature, tall yeti that is humanoid creatures and is able to moving on two legs."Yeti" is totem animal of ancient tribes. High in the mountains is good places for encounter the yeti. Plenty of stories associated the yeti in village of Choo. Yeti was occasionally seen by travellers.  In scientific or pop-knowledge analysis yeti is any kind of bear. It eats wild goats and rodents. It is mammalian carnivore.

Leshy is mythical forest man in slavic legends. Althought stated as pre-christiany paganism it can be treated as durable symbol of wild human (human being) and nature. That person was believed to be forest and fauna protector.  It is believed to be powerful being appeared as bear or senile men with long beard. He was surrounded by forest animals anywhere. Sometimes around his companies was despatch czort, bad creature with horns on head and hoofs.  In modern consideration leshy can be properly treated as leśnik or forester. His role is sustainable management of forests.

Senegal stone partridge as one of the gallinaceous mystery birds. Records was provided as overview by Dr Karl Shuker in 1991 by first scientific contribution to mystery feathery vertebrates. It was recorded in western Africa by the Owen Burnham in the middle of 1980s.  Local hunters recounted to him about these birds existed in mixed thick woodlands. It is believed to be distinct race of senegalese subspecies or even another population not mentioned before.

Kaha was gigantic bird recorded from Tajik tales previously (see Friedman 2003). Animal posses gigantic wingspan and silver plumage. It is possible to be one of the largest mythical eagles in the region.  Identity of the species was not yet confirmed. Legend could be linked with long-lived tradition of hunting and fishing with birds of prey. The important is method for evaluation of kaha bird in folk-taxonomy.

Question from the northern Africa: case of Taguarga. There are ferocious stories from historical military about dragons lived in the and around caves of Atlas Mountains. Some authors recounted that forms grows 12–15 feet long. It has been able to drink motor oil. In a fact dragons reported by various folk stories is reconnected with giant african rock pythons P. sebae, but some reports was responded for venomous horned vipers sp. One of the provided skins of alleged dragons was artifically stretched as recounted C. Tisset (following by Heuvelmans 1978). It could be one of the possiblities to linked cryptozoological research with synthetic ecological paradigm.

Into the method and  then "other human race" and theory of spirits. Method is describing of practices in theory and in-situ. Knowledge is a way to congizance the being of facts and events. Proper knowledge should be controlled by methods. In the greek tales island satyrs living on african island Satyrides is believed to be hairy race of human and is of course any species of island red-haired monkey, probably Macaca sp.. In the fact plenty of "hairy people" of tropics are monkeys of any kinds, including unknown.

Gods of Solomon islanders are spirits living in eels or sharks or any creatures than running or flying or swimming in waters (Ratzel 1896). Locals possess energy of the bodies of spirits after eating them. Supernatural gods in constructions are energy and matter that durable in the nature and is describing e.g. in phisics and biology.

Basilisk, jumper snake and the axiology of science.  In european bestiary there was one deadly venom creature as half reptile, half cock provided yet by Pliny the elder. Another one reptiles are jumper snakes of various origin. Once is viper, once an esculapian snake Z. longissimus. The question is when is end folk taxonomy and started pop knowledge which is based for scientific analysis. The answer is quite simple in this overview, folk taxonomy is prescientific recognitions of local creatures. Perceiving of taxonomy has been changed throughout time by contributions of scientific axiology into that. It is also known as result of progress.

Literature:

Anonymous. Island Satyrs: Myth beats. mythicalcreatureslist.com

Eberhart, G. M. 2002. Mysterious creatures: A guide to cryptozoology. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO Chicago.

Friedman, A. 2003. The Fisherman & the Kaha Bird. An asian tale adapted. Spartanburg Herald-Journal, july 23.

Gould, C. 1886. Mythical Monsters. W. H. Allen and Co. London.

Heuvelmans, B. 1978. Les Derniers Dragons d'Afrique [The Last Dragons of Africa, in french]. Plon, Paris.

Ławecki, T. Sypek, R.  Turowska-Rawicz M. 2007. Slavs. Mythologies of the world [in polish]. Rzeczpospolita S.A, Warsaw.

Ossendowski, F. 1922. Beasts, Men and Gods. E. P. Dutton & Company, New York.

Ratzel, F. 1896. The history of mankind. Animation of beasts, plants, and birds. http://inquirewithin.biz/history

Schetnikov, A. 2001. Mysteries Hidden in Central Asia`s Mountains. http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/mysteries.htm

Shuker, K. 1991. Gallinaceous Mystery Birds. World Pheasant Association News, no. 32

Shuker, K. 1998. The Unexplained [in polish]. Bertelsmann Media Sp. z o. o., Warsaw.

[uk3d]

Red leg partridge sketch | Limited edition fine art print from an original drawing. The red-legged partridge is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It is sometimes known as French partridge, to distinguish it from the English or grey partridge. My sketches start life as hand-drawn graphite images made on cartridge paper. I often work on these with charcoal, oil pastel or Caran d'Ache to create the look I'm after. The artwork is then scanned and finessed digitally ready for fine art printing. This process often referred to as Giclée printing uses the highest standard of printing methods to give gallery quality results that maintain all the details of the original sketch. The graphite pencils I use are Faber-Castel, the oil pastels are Sennelier and the china-graph is Caran d’Ache. The inks are pigment based archive quality (100years+). The heavyweight specialist papers I use are of the best professional quality having a wonderful surface designed specifically for fine art drawings and illustrations. Very limited editions with only ten per size printed. All artwork is signed and includes a certificate of authenticity. The A5 are 5.8" x 8.25" (14.8cm x 21cm) The A4 are 8.25" x 11.7" (21cm x 29.8cm) The A3 are 11.7" x 16.5" (29.8 cm x 42cm) The A2 are 16.5" x 23.4" (42 cm x 59.4cm) Frames not included in price. Free shipping on artwork to UK destinations.