Sentence examples for birds but rather from inspiring English sources

The extraordinarily long neck of giraffe is not due to adding cervical vertebrae as is the case for long-necked birds, but rather to the vertical extension of each of the seven prototypical cervical vertebrae present in mammals13,22.

Now, DNA sequencing has been added to the arsenal not the DNA of the birds but rather that of their poop.

It's a wondrous sight to behold – YOU are a wondrous sight to behold, Class of 2018 – and your occurrence here is made even more remarkable by the fact that you're not just some collection of birds, but rather a very carefully selected group of the most talented students from across the planet, all flocking here at this moment, and now finally coming to roost to begin your Duke career.

It is not thought to be a true ancestor of modern birds, but rather, a close relative of that ancestor.

Unfortunately, the original owner of the tail is not preserved with it, but based on the preserved length of the tail and the preserved caudal vertebrae, the morphology of the vertebrae and several features of the feathers, the authors argue that this tail did not belong to an ancient bird, but rather to a non-avian dinosaur (a coelurosaur to be precise).

The little one kept imitating the older bird but rather unsuccessfully," she laughs.

According to reviewer Heid Erdrich, Mom & Me & Mom does not center on Angelou's childhood trauma, as described in Caged Bird, but "rather constructs a portrait of self via details of her relationship to the mother who abandoned her and with whom she reunited as a teenager".

They persuaded five emperor penguins to walk over a force plate and found, to their surprise, that the birds are not wastrels but, rather, relative paragons of economy.

The finding, published in Biology Letters, supports the idea that vigilance is not a lone pursuit, but rather that birds monitor and copy the state of alertness of nearby birds.

The problem this time isn't a possible violation of Federal Aviation Administration rules, but rather the birds themselves.

After examining around 100 carcasses, scientists said there has been no evidence of pollution or disease, but rather the birds were emaciated - they had no stomach contents or body fat.