Have you ever heard about the Jacana? They’re a species of birds which is a perfect illustration of the saying “to grow into one’s shoes/feet.” Since these tropical birds tend to run on all kinds of water-covering foliage, such as water lily leaves, Mother Nature fitted them with really big feet. This by itself is not so strange of course, but bear with me for a moment longer. This is how an adult Jacana looks like: The adults are not very big, but the young ones are really, really tiny – their body has maybe 5cm in height and 3cm of circumference, except…they’re already born with these enormous feet! And I guess later on they “grow into them” – take a look, they seem to be a small ball of feather balancing precariously on feet 3 times their size! Nothing can be as creative as Mother Nature ;-)
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August 2012
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