aren’t birds. Well, they are, but have little characteristics that are like birds. Emperor penguins are astounding creatures with many features that allow them to survive. As most people know they can’t fly though they are known to be excellent swimmers . The Emperor penguins is part of the Aptenodytes Genus also known as the Great Penguins. ("Emperor Penguin" 2011) The scientific name for the emperor penguin is aptenodytes forsteri. ("Emperor Penguin") Emperor penguin are amazing birds but…
then after I analyzed them I found what kind of animal the owl had eaten. I found out that the owl pellet that I had contained bones from a mole, bird, shrew, and a rodent. My results were very similar to others. They also found different types of bones in the owl pellets. We noticed that an owl’s diet varies from rodents, shrews, voles, moles, and birds. The only difference between our data was the types of animals that the owls had eaten at that time. Also a different group of bones in…
External features of Pigeon – Morphology – *The body of pigeon is spindle shaped (Fig.20.1) having a size of 20-25 cm. *The body is divisible into head, neck, trunk and tail. *The body is covered by backwardly directed…
1-Introduction: Parrots are bird from class Aves also known as Psittacines .The parrots are a broad order of more than 372 species in 86 genera. It’s found in most tropical and subtropical regions that have warm climates such as Australasia, Central America and South America. Some parrot do not like warm weather so they live in snowy climates .There many birds consider as parrots like Macaws, Amazons, Lorikeets, Lovebirds and Cockatoos. The parrots have curved beaks and all are zygodactyls…
- Alula is a set of feathers on the first digit of birds which permits a slot on the wing. 2. What is crop milk? – Crop milk is a secretion from the lining of crop of parent birds which is highly nutritious containing protein, fat and ash. It is used to feed the young.…
1. Short Description of the bird (include scientific name, IUCN assessment, physical features) The Grenada dove, (Leptoltila wellsi) is endemic to Grenada only. According to Oxford Dictinary (2018), define endemism as “the degree which the plants and animal of a particular area are both native and restricted to it”. The ICUN assessment shows, Leptoltila wellsi is critically endangered on the red list. Although its population is small scale it detrimentally decline due to hurricanes, residential…
Valorisation of chicken feathers: Optimization and Characterization of Cleaning process of chicken feathers by Response surface methodology Tamrat Tesfaye1 Bruce Sithole1, 2 Deresh Ramjugernath1, 3 1Discipline of Chemical Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa 2Forestry and Forest Products Research Centre, Natural Resources and the Environment, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Durban, South Africa 3Pro Vice-Chancellor: Innovation, Commercialization and…
To the human eye, birds are one of the most beautiful and eye catching in all of nature’s creations. Even a single stray of a feather has many wonders and secrets in itself. It’s form, delicacy and it’s coloring for example. With each of these they have the power to be overwhelming. There are many families of birds well known for spectacular visual impact of their plumage. One family of birds that stands out from the rest, not just because of the extravagant appearance of many of its…
Penguins Long black and white body. Small head with an orange bill. Short legs and feet. Wings that are only good for swimming. Penguins are one of the only birds that swim but don’t fly. Just because they are one of the most popular birds doesn’t mean that people know all of these 7 facts. 1. What an interesting body shape. Even though penguins are birds they can swim. Their body’s have adapted to swimming. Penguins have large heads followed by a short neck. At the bottom of their body they…
structure of bird vocalizations (the Acoustic Adaptation Hypothesis). This study suggests that birds adjust their vocalization in order to enhance propagation in different habitat types, as lower frequencies are more…