Til að fuglar geti flokkast sem sjófuglar þá þurfa þeir að uppfylla eftirtalin skilyrði: afla fæðu sinnar að öllu leyti úr sjó. hafa varpstöðvar við sjó. verja öllu lífi sínu við sjóinn, að undanskildu varptímanum Súla Sameiginleg einkenni sjófugla: eru frekar langlífir. sýna trygglyndi við maka nota yfirleitt alltaf sömu varpstöðvar Sjófuglar eru frekar ólíkir að líkamsgerð, t.d. fóta- og gogglögun. Öflun fæðunnar hefur gert sum einkennin skýr, eftir því hvort fuglinn sækir fæðu í yfirborð...

Goggurinn er svartur, stuttur og sterklegur, fætur hvítir og fiðraðir með dökkar, langar klær. Augu eru dökk. lHún gefur frá sér hvellt endurtekið gagg. Á mökunartíma og stundum utan hans gefur kk. rjúpa frá sér rophljóð. lHún flýgur hratt og lágt með hröðum vængjatökum, lætur sig svífa með sveigða vængi. Á auðvelt með gang, hleypur oft og klifrar í trjám. Rjúpur eru algengir fuglar um allt land bæði á láglendi og til fjalla. Þær eru staðfuglar. Kjörlendi þeirra er gróðursælt mólendi yfir...

Sérkenni gæsa á bóndabæjum eru afkomendur villtra grágæsa. Líkami þeirra er þakinn þykkum dún og háls þeirra er langur og mjór. Fætur þeirra eru appelsínugulir, rétt eins og goggarnir, og á þeim eru sundfitjar, þ.e. á milli tánna er húðsepi sem hjálpar gæsunum við sund. Gæsir hafa engar tennur. Á goggnum eru brúnirnar skörðóttar. Gæsir eru hvorki heimskar né kjarklausar, eins og margir halda. Ef þær eru áreittar geta þær orðið árásargjarnar og elt óvini sína og reynt að gogga í þá. Mataræði...

“A School in Manchester” A football coach walked into the locker room before a game, looked over to his star player and said, “I'm not supposed to let you play since you failed math, but we need you in there. So, what I have to do is ask you a math question, and if you get it right, you can play.” The player agreed, so coach looked into his eyes intently and asked, “Okay, now concentrate hard and tell me the answer to this. What is two plus two?” The player thought for a moment and then...

Q. How many honest, intelligent, caring men in the world does it take to do the dishes? A. Both of them. Q. Why did the man cross the road? A. He heard the chicken was a slut. Q. Why don't women blink during foreplay? A. They don't have time Q. What do men and sperm have in common? A. They both have a one-in-a-million chance of becoming a human being Q. How does a man show that he is planning for the future? A. He buys two cases of beer. Q. What is the difference between men and government...

Top 20 reasons why dogs don't use computers: 20) Can't stick their heads out of Windows ‘95. 19) Fetch command not available on all platforms. 18) Hard to read the monitor with your head cocked to one side. 17) Too difficult to “mark” every website they visit. 16) Can’t help attacking the screen when they hear “You've Got Mail.” 15) Fire hydrant icon simply frustrating. 14) Involuntary tail wagging is dead giveaway they're browsing www.pethouse.com instead of working. 13) Keep bruising noses...

'My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.' - David Beckham 'I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.' - Mark Viduka 'He's put on weight and I've lost it, and vice versa.' - Ronnie Whelan 'Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had.' - David Beckham 'If you don't believe you can win, there is no point in getting out of...

Federal Aviation Agency 800 Independence Avenue S.W. Washington D.C. 20591 Dear Sirs; I have the solution for the prevention of hijackings, and at the same time getting our airline industry back on its feet. Since men of the Muslim religion are not allowed to look at naked women, we should replace all of our female flight attendants with strippers. Muslims would be afraid to get on the planes for fear of seeing a naked woman, and of course, every businessman in this country would start...