Interesting Facts

Interesting Facts !!!!

About Our Feathered

Friends???

There are one to two billion living birds on this planet.

Birds are warm blooded animals

A bird’s normal body temperature is 7-8 degrees hotter than humans

The characteristic feature of all birds is the feather

A bird's feathers weigh more than its skeleton does

Air sacs make up 1/5 of the body volume of a bird.

A bird’s heart beats 1000 times per minute while flying

When resting heart beats for 400 times

The shape of a bird's beak directly corresponds to the type of diet

Senses of sight, smell, and hearing are remarkably acute in birds.

Birds, have no external ear, but can hear well

Bird’s songs are composed of

love-notes and pleasure-notes

Birds require very little sleep

Birds have a reduced sense of taste as compared to other animals

The flightless birds use their wings as paddles

when they are swimming.

Three-quarters of the air a bird breathes is used for cooling down body temperature

since they are unable to sweat.

Birds are loved for their aesthetic value

Birds disperse seeds

Birds control rodents, insects and pests

Birds protect our crops, forests and ecosystem

Birds play a vital role in shaping our economy

Birds have great economic and personal value to people

Global Warming is the greatest threat to Birds

Several species of Birds are facing extinction due to climate change.

Climate change has affected their

migration, breeding, nesting, hatching of eggs

and several other bird behaviors

Save our Ecosystem

Protect our friends to save our Planet

Kausalya Janardanan