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The roadrunner forages on the ground and, when hunting, usually runs after prey from under cover. It may leap to catch insects, and commonly batters certain prey against the ground. The roadrunner is one of the few animals that preys upon rattlesnakes; [16] it is also the only real predator of tarantula hawk wasps. [13]
The greater roadrunner is the state bird of New Mexico and, as such, appeared in a 1982 sheet of 20-cent United States stamps showing 50 state birds and flowers. [ 44 ] It is also the mascot of numerous high schools and colleges in the United States, including California State University, Bakersfield and the University of Texas at San Antonio .
Wile E. Coyote and Sylvester the Cat consistently prove ineffectual in their pursuits to apprehend Speedy Gonzales and the Road Runner. Initially, Wile E. Coyote descends precipitously from a cliff in his endeavor to capture the Road Runner, an occurrence subsequently replicated by Sylvester subsequent to an encounter with Speedy.
They are both portrayed as smart, but Tech is the better inventor and at times Rev is shown doing stupid things. References to their ancestors' past are seen in the episode "Family Business" where the other Road Runners are wary of Tech and Tech relives the famous falling gags done in the Wile E. Coyote/Road Runner shorts.
In biological classification, Neomorphidae is a proposed family of birds, separating the ground cuckoos (including roadrunners) from the rest of the cuckoo family. [1] It is traditionally nested within the family Cuculidae as the subfamily Neomorphinae .
Grumpy Cat, who was ranked as the world's richest cat. Grumpy Cat (US, real name Tardar Sauce), an Internet celebrity known for her grumpy facial expression; died in 2019. Henri, le Chat Noir, an internet film noir "existentialist" cat. [34] Jorts and Jean, cats in a viral 2021 Reddit post who became organized labor advocates on Twitter. [35] [36]
In many perching birds – most woodpeckers and their allies, ospreys, owls, cuckoos (including roadrunners), most parrots, mousebirds, some swifts and cuckoo rollers. [20] [4] Woodpeckers, when climbing, can rotate the outer rear digit (4) to the side in an ectropodactyl arrangement.
Wile E. Coyote (with the mock genus/species name in faux-Latin Carnivorous Vulgaris) attempts to catch the Road Runner (Acceleratii Incredibus).He appears on the road after being hidden in a cavern, ready to strike the bird with his fork and knife, but Road Runner quickly moves underneath him and Coyote gets his own body tangled up.