Rhea (bird) many people. The gaucho people traditionally hunt rheas on horseback, throwing "bolas" or "boleadoras" — a throwing device consisting of three balls joined by rope — at their legs, which immobilises the bird. The rhea is pictured on Argentina's 1 Centavo coin minted in 1987, and on the Uruguayan 5 peso coin. Rhea (bird) The rheas () are large ratites (flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bone) in the order Rheiformes, native to South America, distantly related to the ostrich and emu. Most taxonomic authorities recognize two extant species: the greater or American rhea ("Rhea americana") and the
Four Bird Brothers Four Bird Brothers The tale of Four Bird Brothers are folk legend that repeatedly appears in Lee Yeongdo's fantasy novel "The Bird That Drinks Tears" and its sequel "The Bird That Drinks Blood". In the fictional world of the series, according to the legend of "Kitalzer Hunters" there were once four bird brothers who each had taste for different kind of liquids. Sometimes in a form of story and sometimes in a form of riddle, the tale of this four brothers appears repeatedly throughout both "The Bird That Drinks Tears" and "The Bird That Drinks Blood". The tale is told