Animals
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- Interesting Facts about Birds (22)
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Flamingo
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DESCRIPTION: The Chilean flamingo is a tall, largebodied bird with a long neck and small head. Most flamingos, including thisspecies, have pale pink plumage and bills. This subspecies of flamingo isslightly smaller than the Caribbean flamingoand has gray legs with pink bands at the joints.
FUN FACTS:- In many languages, the word flamingo(originally derived from the Portuguese language meaning 'red goose') is areference to their flying style formation and the noise they make.
- All flamingos feed with their billsupside-down. They tip their head into the water and filter feed, using specialhair like adaptations in the top half oftheir bill, to gather themicroorganisms that make up their diet.
- Flamingos are an ancient group ofbirds. Their fossil records dates back to the Miocene epoch, which is about 10million years ago.
- Flamingos are not born with theirbeautiful pink plumage. Their color comes from the carotenoid pigments theyconsume as part of their diet. Some scientists believe that a flamingo'ssuccess in breeding relies on its bright color.
- Both the male and female make the nestsby scooping mud together with their feet and bill.
- Both male and female adults, providetheir young with a type of milk called crop milk.
- Likeother South American flamingos, these birds are able to endure coldtemperatures.
Fruit Bat
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The verylarge fruit trees that are common to the Okavango Delta are also home to thePeter's Epauletted Fruit Bat. These bats favour the fruit off the Sycamore figand feeding by night they add to the night sounds, their squeaks & whistlesechoing through the dense canopy. During the day the fruit bats hang upsidedown from the canopy. Here they remain silent, waiting in anticipation for thenights feeding. The bats are often forced to fly as they are very oftendisturbed by both baboon & vervet monkey who like to eat them.Gordo, amale ocelot, is believed to be one of only about 100 left in the U.S. DallasZoo researchers are working with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Department tosave the endangered ocelot cat from extinction.
DESCRIPTION: The Chilean flamingo is a tall, largebodied bird with a long neck and small head. Most flamingos, including thisspecies, have pale pink plumage and bills. This subspecies of flamingo isslightly smaller than the Caribbean flamingoand has gray legs with pink bands at the joints.
The verylarge fruit trees that are common to the Okavango Delta are also home to thePeter's Epauletted Fruit Bat. These bats favour the fruit off the Sycamore figand feeding by night they add to the night sounds, their squeaks & whistlesechoing through the dense canopy. During the day the fruit bats hang upsidedown from the canopy. Here they remain silent, waiting in anticipation for thenights feeding. The bats are often forced to fly as they are very oftendisturbed by both baboon & vervet monkey who like to eat them.List of Animals English Globe