Flightless bird also included here. Flightless bird Flightless birds are birds that through evolution lost the ability to fly. There are over 60 extant species including the well known ratites (ostrich, emu, cassowary, rhea and kiwi) and penguins. The smallest flightless bird is the Inaccessible Island rail (length 12.5 cm, weight 34.7 g). The largest (both heaviest and tallest) flightless bird, which is also the largest living bird, is the ostrich (2.7 m, 156 kg). Ostriches are farmed for their decorative feathers, meat and their skins, which are used to make leather. Many domesticated birds, such as the domestic chicken and domestic
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