Caroll Spinney

Oscar is the exact opposite of how I think you should behave. I just think of it as a negative view of the positive mind I have. Big Bird is sweet and nice and also sympathetic, as kids can identify with him even though he looks like such a bizarre character - great 8 feet 2 inches, a beak 18 inches long.

American Cartoonist

Alexander Gilkes

I was given a life-size iron sculpture of a heron by a godparent. It was so poorly made, that it looked more like a pterodactyl and was so unbalanced that it would continue to topple over and create huge divots in my bedroom floor with its sharp beak.

British Businessman

Edith Widder

Giant squid aren't rare. Based on the number of beaks that have been found in the stomachs of sperm whales, it's thought that there are actually millions of them in the ocean, and yet, we haven't seen them.

American Scientist

Brett Hull

My teeth have never been touched. Why did I tell you that? Knock on wood. I've got a few scars over the eyes, a couple on the chin, a few on the beak and one across the cheek. But my luck is running out.

American Athlete

Joey Santiago

It's easy. You draw a red line on the ground, right? Then you wait for a chicken to come along. When he arrives, he puts his beak right on the line and he's hypnotized!

Filipino Musician

Matt Lauer

I get letters from women, and they say, 'I love your Roman nose.' If I weren't on TV and I walked past that same woman, she'd go, 'Did you see the beak on that guy?

American Celebrity

Lee Corso

The Florida Gator head - It's not only heavy, it's kind of awkward in the front. It had that long beak. I put it on, and it rubbed the top of my head raw.

American Entertainer

Paul Kantner

You can't plan for the future, because some guy's going to land in a spaceship with three heads and a big beak and take over everything.

Musician

Amy Lowell

Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.

American Poet

J. R. R. Tolkien

English Novelist

Relates to the physical structure of birds, often mentioned in biology.

Bird Anatomy

The shape of a bird's beak indicates its diet and feeding habits.

Birds' Diet Link

Used metaphorically in phrases to suggest nosiness or intrusion.

Beak in Idioms

Used for things, not animals, often with a protruding shape.

Non-living Objects

The beak can imply a heading or direction in vehicles or objects.

Direction Indicator

Refers to parts designed for specific purposes, like piercing or cutting.

Functional Design

Used informally, often humorously or to lightly tease someone about their nose.

Casual Connotation

Describes a prominent or distinctive nose, whether in caricature or description.

Physical Feature

 and they have to keep it still to be able to get that really thin beak into really thin flowers, to be able to find that nectar that they're really living life in the fast lane. The fact their heart has to go a thousand beats a minute just to pump that blood around so they can fly so efficiently. But it is thirsty work, they have to drink every ten minutes or so.

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 We used to think that humans were worse than other creatures because of some biological "Oh, we don't have magnets in our beaks or in our scales." No; if your language and your culture trains you to do it, actually, you can do it. There are humans around the world who stay oriented really well. And just to get us in agreement

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 sound we have yeah I like to imitate them we have parrot fish chipping away at coral their sharp beaks and the base of a humpback whale pretty much perfect pret never hurt see what I mean there's music all over the world and last but not least he has the runic of a hot of

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 The chick has been absorbing calcium from the shell into its own bones, making itself stronger and the shell weaker. Not only that, but it also used the shells calcium to create a tool to help it break free. A hard, jagged tip on the end of its beak, an egg tooth.

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 This symbiosis is so important to both species that they've changed, or evolved, to suit each other. Nutcrackers have developed long, tough beaks for extracting seeds from cones, and whitebarks' branches all sweep upwards with the cones at the very ends,

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 They've got these beautiful grey heads but then their beaks have a bit of blackon the side and then a strip of orange and yellow. And they're just so gorgeous and you see pictures of them, but nothing compares to real life.

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 but if she doesn't like a man she takes a bird beak which she has hidden in her left hand and points it at that dancer automatically disqualifying him for being not beautiful enough however this woman is heavily paid off

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 that's almost as deep as any divide can be between two animals with three hearts no bones a beak with a venomous bite and a gut that runs through its brain to one point of view the octopus is completely alien

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 shell's calcium to create a tool to help it break free a hard jagged tip on the end of its beak an egg tooth the chick couldn't have broken free without it

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 The meat is positioned so deep in the narrow box, it's out of reach of the crow's beak.