Art And Literature

1. The largest egg in comparison to the bird that laid it belongs to the Kiwi. the egg is 1/3 the size of the the bird. 
 3. Over 100 million birds die annually by crashing into glass windows in the United States.
4. Kiwis are the only known bird to have nostrils located at the tip of [...]

1. Wild turkeys can run at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour.
2. Benjamin Franklin wanted the national bird to be a turkey.
3. A spooked turkey can run at speeds up to 20 miles per hour. They can also burst into flight approaching speeds between 50-55 mph in a matter of seconds. So close, [...]

 1. Some species of the parrot have become endangered. Thousands are brought to Europe and North America as pets. Many of these die making this journey.
2. Parrots have a wide range of articulations. Wild parrots do not imitate. Only pets will mimic people and noises they hear. The African gray parrots are the best mimics.
3. [...]

1. A female ostrich shows remarkable ability to recognize her own eggs even when mixed in
with those of other females in their communal nest.
2. Ostriches are so powerful that a single kick at a predator, such as a lion, could be fatal.
3. Ostriches stretch out their neck and lay their head on the ground to [...]

1. The strike of the eagle talon is so powerful that it’s force is twice that of a rifle
bullet.
2. Whenever a Bald Eagle migrates south it always goes to the same spot and when it returns
north it always goes back to the same spot.
3. Sub adult eagles that have not yet made a breeding territory [...]

 1. Hummingbirds cannot become addicted to the nectar you put out in your feeder. They will leave the feeders when they need to.
2. Hummingbirds eat both nectar and the small insects found near the nectar.
3. Although male hummers are more colorful than female hummers, female hummingbirds are relatively colorful.
4. Hummingbirds have split tongues, which they [...]

 
1. On average, a hen lays 300 eggs per year.
2. Nine egg yolks have been found in one chicken egg.
3. A mother hen turns her egg approximately 50 times in a day. This is so the yolk does not stick to the shell.
4. To produce a dozen eggs, a hen has to eat about four [...]

 1. The Barn Owls hearing is so highly developed that they can hunt for their prey in total darkness.
2. The world’s smallest owl is the elf owl which weighs 1.5 ounces and is the size of a sparrow.
3. Owls swallow their prey hole because they have no teeth. After approximately 12 hours they cough up [...]

1. Ducks were once wild until they were domesticated by the Chinese many hundreds of years ago.
2. Ducks keep clean by preening themselves with their beaks, which they do often. They also line their nests with feathers plucked from their chest.
3. Ducks’ feathers are waterproof. There is a special gland that produces oil near the [...]

1. Bats always turn left when they leave their caves.
2. Frog-eating bats identify edible frogs from poisonous ones by listening to the mating
calls of male frogs. Frogs counter this by hiding and using short, difficult to locate calls.
3. Bats sleep during the day and feed at night. The place that bats sleep in is called [...]