Can you also tell me how they get it, ie do they have farms for these birds or do they hunt them from the wild and also if they kill them.
2007-03-20 21:27:44 · 7 answers · asked by red_daffodils 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
sorry!!!!!!!!! i mean shuttles, not raquettes.
2007-03-21 04:16:20 · update #1
A shuttlecock is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton. It has an open conical shape: the cone is formed from sixteen overlapping goose feathers embedded into a rounded cork base. The cork is covered with thin leather.
The feathers are collected from dead farm birds or specially reared geese that are bred for the same reason. A goose is not killed in order to obtain its feathers. Its just that some of the feathers are plucked, but sooner or later new feathers grow in its place and form a cycle.
2007-03-21 22:31:16 · answer #1 · answered by ares_life 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tournament-quality shuttlecocks, also called shuttles or birdies, weigh 0.2 oz (5.7 gm) and consist of 16 goose feathers that protrude from one side of a ball-shaped cork base. Most shuttles used by casual players are plastic and have synthetic feathers. Both types of shuttles are 2.5 in (6.4 cm) long. When the shuttlecock is in the air, its aerodynamics cause it to spin so that when players hit it, they almost always strike the cork, not the feathers.
2007-03-21 02:43:41 · answer #2 · answered by Panic!!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goose.
They have farms for these birds. They pluck feathers from live birds without any anaesthetics (bloody and sticky operation), and then let them grow again. This process is performed every year.
The worst part is 90% of the feathers are disposed as waste during sorting.
2007-03-20 21:36:26 · answer #3 · answered by Tiger Tracks 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most of the duck(white) feathers r used in shuttlecock in china,they r specially breed in a large farm,they canned the flesh n exported after 9-10 months breeding.
2007-03-20 21:41:04 · answer #4 · answered by robert KS LEE. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No feathers are used in making of any kind of raquettes! though shuttles are made by using feathers. I think, but m not sure, that shuttles are made of Piegon feathers.
2007-03-20 21:36:43 · answer #5 · answered by dr3am_s3ller 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that the raquettes are made of metal and wire..
2007-03-21 00:29:39 · answer #6 · answered by MDA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bird:
Another name for a shuttlecock, thanks to the feathers which are used to make them.
2007-03-20 21:38:52 · answer #7 · answered by < Roger That > 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋