bird

considered whether he was one-legged, but when I walked down the jetty, the other one dropped down, and away he flew. They can obviously launch off one leg, because there are one-legged birds, but the conventional two must make it easier!

[narayani]

It’s always sad to see one legged ones

[Annie-Sue]

@narayani yes, but if you see them, they are generally getting on with life, so it's not the end of the world

[narayani]

@anniesue true

[Peter]

Generally birds stand on one leg to avoid heat loss, nicely captured shot Annie-Sue :)

[Annie-Sue]

@pcoulson didn't know that - but you'd have thought they might alternate