Scarlet Ibis
by Lorena Cassady
Title
Scarlet Ibis
Artist
Lorena Cassady
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Mixed Media - Digital Collage
Description
The scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) is a species of ibis in the bird family Threskiornithidae. It inhabits tropical South America and part of the Caribbean. "The Scarlet Ibis" is also a short story written by James Hurst, first published in The Atlantic Monthly in July 1960, which won the "Atlantic First" award.
All extant species of ibis can fly. Two extinct genera were flightless, however. Ibises usually fly together in straight or V-shaped formations.
In ancient Egyptian society, the Sacred Ibis was worshiped as the god Thoth and was supposed to preserve the country from plagues and serpents. The birds were often mummified and then buried with pharaohs.
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