Unit 6 Assignment 1 Creature Feature

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“VI Assignment 1 - Creature Feature”

1. Save this document in your files as “Creature Feature Your Name”. You can then complete the assignment in this document, add photos and bibliography information, and use this document as your submission.
2. Choose one vertebrate and one invertebrate that interest you.
3. Read the research project expectations carefully. There are 8 parts to this assignment – be sure to complete all 8 parts for both animals!
4. Decide where you will look for the information and whether you will be able to find enough information for your animal.
5. Complete your report (it may be hand written or typed). DO NOT cut/copy and paste! You need to share the information in your own words!
6. Draw/color your diagrams or pictures
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The wingspans of 10 inches to 14 inches. Most budgie bird’s bodies are a light green color. Their back and wings are typically yellow undulations and black marking. Most adult budgies have yellow faces. Purple patches are also found on an adult’s cheek. Until budgie birds get to their adult plumage, the babies have black strips from their forehead to their ceres (nose). When the they get, older black spots start forming on the sides of their throat. Mostly budgie birds have bluish-grey color on the legs. A budgie has two toes pointing forward and two toes pointing backwards this is called zygodactyl toes. This allows them to climb. Altogether a budgie has four toes. Budgie birds have lungs to breathe through. A budgie bird breeds to make baby Budgie bird. The breeding period is about 4 years for the female and 6 years for the male. They shouldn’t be paired until they are 10-11 months. The female lays 5-6 eggs within 2 days, and the incubation period lasts 18 days. While the female is busy looking after the eggs, her mate must deliver meals to her. She greets her mate at the nest hole opening so he can feed her. Budgie birds are nomadic; they go looking for

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