These are large, long-legged and long-necked birds, their height is 90-155 cm, wingspan 150-240 cm, weight 11.2 kg. The smallest crane - belladonna, the biggest - Australian. Height subspecies G. a. antigone the Australian crane, living in India, reaches 175 cm, making it the highest flying bird in the world. The hardest part is the Japanese crane, the weight fall up to 11 kg. Unlike similar to them, but having a very distantly related herons in flight stretched legs and neck. It makes them look like a stork, but unlike them, cranes never sit on trees. Head small, sharp straight beak. On the head of the majority of land neoperennoy and brightly colored skin. Tertiary feathers of the wings slightly elongated, so that the tail seems long and lush, the bird on the ground. Plumage usually gray or white. If visual comparison with other cranes wading birds, as compared with herons their legs are generally longer and more elongated neck, and compared with storks sleeker body, longer legs, and beak proportionally less.
I am a great theatre –goer. I love theatre very much. I try to see the most interesting performances that are on at our theatres. I usually go to the evening performance and I try to buy tickets in advanced. I like to have good seats in the stalls or in the dress-circle. From these seats one gets a good view of the stage. I am fond of ballet. My favorite ballet is “ The Swan Lake” . It has a long run and is always a great success with the public. Everything is magnificent there - the music and the dancing. The leading part dancers are brilliant beyond all doubts, and when the final curtains falls, they receive many curtains calls.
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Subject: Nastoyaschie Cranes
These are large, long-legged and long-necked birds, their height is 90-155 cm, wingspan 150-240 cm, weight 11.2 kg. The smallest crane - belladonna, the biggest - Australian. Height subspecies G. a. antigone the Australian crane, living in India, reaches 175 cm, making it the highest flying bird in the world. The hardest part is the Japanese crane, the weight fall up to 11 kg.
Unlike similar to them, but having a very distantly related herons in flight stretched legs and neck. It makes them look like a stork, but unlike them, cranes never sit on trees. Head small, sharp straight beak. On the head of the majority of land neoperennoy and brightly colored skin. Tertiary feathers of the wings slightly elongated, so that the tail seems long and lush, the bird on the ground. Plumage usually gray or white. If visual comparison with other cranes wading birds, as compared with herons their legs are generally longer and more elongated neck, and compared with storks sleeker body, longer legs, and beak proportionally less.
I am a great theatre –goer. I love theatre very much. I try to see the most interesting performances that are on at our theatres. I usually go to the evening performance and I try to buy tickets in advanced. I like to have good seats in the stalls or in the dress-circle. From these seats one gets a good view of the stage. I am fond of ballet. My favorite ballet is “ The Swan Lake” . It has a long run and is always a great success with the public. Everything is magnificent there - the music and the dancing. The leading part dancers are brilliant beyond all doubts, and when the final curtains falls, they receive many curtains calls.