Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Greater Roadrunner in the Desert


Greater Roadrunner

The Greater Roadrunner has evolved several adaptations to desert life, perhaps the most sorcerer-like being its ability to jump-start its metabolism via absorption of solar energy by exposing a "solar panel" of black skin on its back to the sun.

Photo and text by Paul Zimmerman
2010

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