St Andrews Day

 

Yes, today is St Andrews Day, Patron Saint of Scotland (and Ukraine, Barbados and Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, if we're being obsessive.)

But today's slide links in with the Scotland connection.

This is the Blue-Billed Water Grouse, the back-up national bird of Scotland.  One interesting fact is that the Blue-Billed Water Grouse cannot, in fact, float.  Instead, they use their 55-inch long legs to stand on the bottom of ponds, and flex their knees to give the illusion of floating.

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