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I come off of a beautiful creature which soars in the sky. I come off of a peckish creature which has a tail as mighty as the sun! I am sometimes dirty and parents beg you not to pick me up.
I am flora, not fauna. I am foliage, not trees. I am shrubbery, not grass. What am I?
I save lives on the ground and in the air. What am I?
I am a rock group with four members all of whom died in plane crashes. Who am I?
The more you take of me the more you leave behind.
Give it food and it will live, give it water and it will die.