TOP 10 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT BIRDS

Top 10 Amazing facts about birds

1 )  Birds are bipedal animals, which
means they have two feet and stand,
walk, and run. Many can also iump,
swim, and dive.

2 ) Although all birds have wings, a few

species can’t fly.

3 ) Birds are found worldwide and in all

habitats.

4 ) Fossil records show that birds

evolved alongside the dinosaurs during

the jurassic period 160 million years

ago.

5 ) Manybirds’ feathers weigh more than

their bodies.

6  ) The largest is the nine-foot-tall ostrich.

7  ) The smallest is the two-inch-long bee

hummingbird.

8 ) The largest egg on record weighed

2.589 Kg and was laid by an ostrich at

a form in Borlange, Sweden, on 17 May

2008.

9 ) Some breeds of chickens can lay coloured eggs. The Ameraucana and

Araucana can lay green or blue eggs.

10 )  Some ducks sleep with one eye Open.

Author 

Vivek Pannu