This protein is a structural protein. This protein transports hydrophilic molecules across the membrane. The molecule has many hydrophilic groups which would make it impermeable to phospholipid bilayers. This molecule would be transported across a lipid bilayer by a specific protein. A bird dies in the forest.
Insects eat the soft parts of the bird and crawl away.
The remaining feathers blow away in the wind. The entropy associated with the bird has decreased. The entropy associated with the bird has increased. The entropy associated with the bird has not changed. When athletes run marathons their livers need to convert starch into glucose so that muscle cells will have a continuous supply of glucose as fuel.