For all intents and purposes, brown rice syrup is âemptyâ calories. That is, plenty of energy with virtually no essential nutrients. Bottom Line: Rice syrup contains a lot of energy with almost no essential nutrients. In other words, it is âemptyâ calories like most refined sugars.
An Essex livestock owner claims to have reared the biggest cockerel in the world on a diet of popcorn. Little John - who's gone in to the record books as the world's tallest cockerel. At more than 2ft (26ins) tall the one-year-old Brahma bird, named Little John, terrifies small children.
The gyrfalcon is a very large falcon, being about the same size as the largest buteos (buzzard hawks). Males are 48 to 61 cm (19 to 24 in) long, weigh 805 to 1,350 g (1.775 to 2.976 lb) and have a wingspan from 110 to 130 cm (43 to 51 in).