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"For the actual act of birds mating, the male positions his cloaca in close proximity to that of the female's cloaca so that the sperm can enter the female bird. The cloacas of both the male and the female are pressed tightly together at this juncture in what is termed as a "cloacal kiss" so that the sperm can pass through smoothly. Once the sperm enter the female bird, they are stored till the time the eggs come out of the ovaries of the female bird. Some species of birds can store the sperm for only about a week while others can store the sperm for a hundred days. When the eggs fall out from the ovaries, they are fertilized by the stored sperms. These fertilized eggs are then laid by the female bird through the same opening i.e., cloaca.
It is not biologically important for birds to mate frequently as the sperm is stored inside the female bird for a long time. Still, birds copulate a number of times during the breeding season as during this time, hormones play havoc with their system and they experience an undeniable urge to have sex." -http://www.buzzle.com/articles/how-do-birds-mate.html
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Eric Timm live art presentation
on the fringe stage @ Creation Northwest 2009
this was the most amazing presentation i have ever seen, bar none. he started off by talking about the distorted view of Christ and the missrepresentation of Him by the world and many christians, and how that is all many people ever see. then he said, "rather than tell you, i want to show you." he turned on some music and in the duration of one song, painted this picture. upside down. no one knew exactly what he was painting until the very end when he flipped the picture over and held it above his head. i have never heard anything so audibly collective as the gasp that went up from the crowd. if you didn't have chills, you didn't have a soul.
see my comments for more pictures from this display...
1931 George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge on U.S. Hwy 60 over the Tennessee River on the Livingston County-McCracken County line, Kentucky.
Flemington & Kensington Conservation Study 1985 survey images: 68 sheets of Kodak colour negatives (reduced for Flickr)