They named them Paradisaea apota , the footless birds - of - paradise .
They believed that the birds floated in the heavens feeding on dew , and in an age when fire - breathing dragons were still presumed to exist , European naturalists believed the Bachianese story .
naturalists named them Paradisaea apota , the footless birds - of - paradise .
They believed that the birds floated in the heavens feeding on dew , and in an age when fire - breathing dragons were still presumed to exist , European naturalists believed the Bachianese story .