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How do baby birds get oxygen inside their eggs?

Oxygen comes in through pores in the shell. Directly under the shell, there is a small pocket of air. The microscopic pores on the egg surface allow the CO2 to escape and fresh air to get in, so a developing bird can breathe.

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What is the color of eyes of owls that hunt at night?

Black. Owl's eye colour depends on the time of day in which they hunt. The ones that hunt during daylight have yellow eyes. The ones that hunt at night but also at the evenings and mornings have orange eyes. Black eyes are typical to owls that hunt only at night.

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Where do black swans come from?

Australia. The black swan is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. A New Zealand subspecies was apparently hunted to extinction by Māori, but the species was reintroduced to New Zealand in the 1860s.

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What is the only type of birds capable to move both its upper and lover parts of the bill?

Parrots. Parrot is the only bird which is able to move its upper and lower parts of the bill.

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Where is it NOT possible to find a penguin?

In Iceland. All penguins are native to the Southern Hemisphere, but they are not found only in cold climates. Several species are found in the temperate zone of South Africa and South America. The Galápagos Penguin (pictured) lives near the equator. Fossils show that many prehistoric species lived in warm climates.

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What kind of feeding is crossbill's beak adapted to?

Coniferous-seed eating. Crossbills are characterized by the mandibles crossing at their tips, which gives the group its English name. These mandibles enable them to extract seeds from conifer cones.

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Which birds use their beaks upside down?

Flamingos filter-feed on brine shrimp and blue-green algae. Their beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they eat, and are uniquely used upside-down. The filtering of food items is assisted by hairy structures called lamellae which line the mandibles, and the large rough-surfaced tongue.

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Which birds can fly backwards?

Hummingbirds are the only group of birds that can fly backwards.

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Where can you spot this species of hummingbirds?

In the United States. All hummingbirds are endemic to the Americas.

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Where do the world's biggest parrots live?

In New Zealand. The Kakapo is a species of large, flightless nocturnal parrot. Though the Kakapo cannot fly, it is an excellent climber, ascending to the crowns of the tallest trees. Only about 100 living individuals are known.

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