7 December 2016
Did you know that it is believed that one branch of the predatory dinosaurs developed the ability to fly and eventually became birds? So the birds we have today could be said to be living forms of archosaurs.
Flamingos can wade in relatively deep water and sometimes swim. They ingest food with their entire head and parts of their neck below the surface. By treading mud with their feet and pumping water out of their mouths, the food stays in their specialised beaks while the water is strained out.
The estate as a flaThe chickadees lay their eggs in a special-looking pit - it's hilly, a bit volcano-like with a pit on top where they then lay the egg. It is then incubated for about a month. After about a week, all the chicks from neighbouring nests are gathered together and it becomes like a big kindergarten of flamingos. However, the parents can still distinguish their chick from the others.
They also have a slightly different way of raising their young compared to most other birds. They feed their young with faecal milk, which is a cheesy secretion that is excreted in the faeces. It is very rich in protein and fat, and the advantage of feeding in this way is that the parents don't have to leave the nest to get food for their chicks during the first week