All About Birds
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What's a bird?
Do you know what makes a bird
different from other animals? |
Blue Jay - bird |
Is it the pretty colors?
No -- other animals, like fish and
insects, come in all sorts of beautiful colors too. |
Karner Blue Butterfly - insect |
toucan - bird |
Is it the bill or beak?
No -- other animals, like the duck billed
platypus (a mammal), have bills too. |
platypus - mammal |
penguin egg |
Is it the eggs?
No -- other animals, like fish,
amphibians, reptiles, insects and even some mammals, hatch from eggs as
well. |
crocodile egg |
bald eagle - bird |
Is it the wings?
No -- other animals, like insects and
some mammals, have wings. |
dragonfly - insect |
Then what is it!?
peacock - bird |
Feathers!
All birds have feathers and birds are the
only animals that do! Feathers do many jobs for
birds. Soft down keeps them warm, wing feathers allow flight and
tail feathers are used for steering. The
color of the feathers can be used to hide the bird or to help the bird
find a boyfriend or a girlfriend! |
Scientific information: Birds are a scientific
"class". The scientific name for the class is Aves.
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ANIMALS
CLASSES
