2006-06-25 20:44:15 · 13 answers · asked by PUBIC L 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Yes. I've seen them in Boy Scouts while we were snipe hunting.
2006-07-01 17:11:45 · answer #1 · answered by freebird 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
In African Rift Valley system, there are many caustic soda lakes (e.g. Lake Nakuru, Lake Natron). Flamingos roost there and eat the organisms that live in the water (the organism also give the flamingos their characteristic pink hue). The soda lakes are inhospitable to most other life (although other animals may live in the area, they can't go to the lake to drink, because the water is to alkaline. Anyway, some people say 'fire bird' or 'phoenix' is just a corruption of the local description of the flamingo.
2006-06-26 06:37:54 · answer #2 · answered by Nerdly Stud 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there was never an actual bird called a 'phoenix' - much the way that there is no actual bird called 'the first cuckoo', 'the snowbird', or 'the stork that brought you to mummy and daddy'.
the people who invented the 'phoenix' knew what they were talking about (and that it wasn't a bird).
if you want to know about the phoenix you should read robert graves' 'the white goddess' (which also explains the real meaning of many other mythological beasts).
2006-06-26 03:51:45 · answer #3 · answered by synopsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually that there is a chicken that is called a Phoenix, because of its tail. That's pretty much it for the real deal....you won't find one on this plane of existance
2006-06-29 17:51:28 · answer #4 · answered by celtic_majik_21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes on the ghost plain
2006-07-02 19:09:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Just a nice story.
2006-06-26 09:56:39 · answer #6 · answered by Grendle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it's a myth like dragons.
2006-06-26 04:08:34 · answer #7 · answered by john 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ooh, that'd be awesome....that's my favorite [animal]
2006-06-26 04:07:31 · answer #8 · answered by Picard Facepalm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only after its been burnt
2006-06-26 04:22:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Its a myth.
2006-06-26 03:48:33 · answer #10 · answered by David V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋