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Vip Posted Dec 31, 2013
I suppose a coot - the bird, that is - is quite streamlined. It's certainly not a fluffy bird.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Dec 31, 2013
Baldness? Is that a British Isles expression? It's one we've msised, I guess.
Looked it up, saw it. Must be that funny p atch they have on their heads.
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Icy North Posted Dec 31, 2013
Yes, it'll be the white patch: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Eurasian.coot.london.arp.jpg
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Recumbentman Posted Jan 2, 2014
In that case it is an old meaning. 'Bald' in Shakespeare's time meant 'white', I've been told. Hence also the American Bald Eagle.
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Icy North Posted Jan 2, 2014
Are you sure it isn't just the obvious shape of the coot's white patch, which matches typical male-pattern baldness?
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Recumbentman Posted Jan 2, 2014
Me? Not sure of anything, especially in the biological world. Just surmising, as usual.
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