Flightless Birds Quotes

I love penguins.

Birds born in cages think that flying is a disease.

The respiratory mechanisms of birds are definitely adapted to the function of flight, as evidenced by the fact that birds which do not fly (Apteryx, Penguins) show these adaptations in a greatly reduced form.

I once travelled to Adelaide on Emu Airways. I was 5,000 ft up in the air when someone pointed out to me that emus can't fly

I find in the domestic duck that the bones of the wing weigh less and the bones of the leg more, in proportion to the whole skeleton, than do the same bones in the wild duck; and this change may be safely attributed to the domestic duck flying much less, and walking more, than its wild parents.

I think penguins are cute.

Pigeons: They've got wings, but they walk a lot.

Baby eagles can never soar under their family's wing.

If you think penguins are fat and waddle, you have never been attacked by one running at you in excess of 100 miles per hour.