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Birds

Explore the various adaptations that birds have developed for survival, including their endothermic nature, four-chambered heart, ability to lay eggs, hollow bones, feathers, and unique digestive system.

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Birds

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  1. Birds

  2. Birds How are Birds adapted for survival?

  3. Characteristics:

  4. Characteristics: • Endothermic vertebrate (warm blooded)

  5. Characteristics: • Endothermic vertebrate (warm blooded) • Four chambered heart

  6. Characteristics: • Endothermic vertebrate (warm blooded) • Four chambered heart • Lays eggs

  7. Characteristics: • Bones are nearly hollow

  8. Characteristics: • Bones are nearly hollow • If it has feathers it is a bird.

  9. Characteristics: • Bones are nearly hollow • If it has feathers it is a bird. • Contour feathers:

  10. Characteristics: • Bones are nearly hollow • If it has feathers it is a bird. • Contour feathers: large feather that gives birds their shape.

  11. Characteristics: • Bones are nearly hollow • If it has feathers it is a bird. • Contour feathers: large feather that gives birds their shape. • Down feathers:

  12. Characteristics: • Bones are nearly hollow • If it has feathers it is a bird. • Contour feathers: large feather that gives birds their shape. • Down feathers: used to keep birds warm.

  13. Characteristics: • No teeth

  14. Characteristics: • No teeth • Internal digestion of food in organs :

  15. Characteristics: • No teeth • Internal digestion of food in organs : • Crop

  16. Characteristics: • No teeth • Internal digestion of food in organs : • Crop • Gizzard

  17. Characteristics: • No teeth • Internal digestion of food in organs : • Crop • Gizzard • Stomach

  18. Adaptations

  19. Adaptations

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