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B.O.P
Bird Of Prey Facts
Question | Answer |
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Aves | the Latin word for birds; a special class of vertebrates |
Binocular vision | seeing only one object at a time; both eyes focus on the same object |
Bird of prey | |
Carrion | decaying flesh of a dead body |
Cere | fleshy area above the beak, where the nostrils of most birds are located |
Crop | a large sac between the esophagus and stomach that stores food until the bird is ready to begin digestion |
Down feathers | fluffy feathers designed to help insulate and keep a bird warm |
Drag | anything that hinders or hampers the speed; something that pulls you down |
Fledge | the rearing of a young bird until it has grown its feathers and is able to fly and leave the nest |
Flight feathers | special contour feathers that help a bird get off the ground, move in the air, and land safely |
Fovea | a rodless area of the retina enabling a bird of prey acute vision |
Gizzard | a special muscle of the stomach that helps the digestive process by grinding and crushing hard-to-digest food; acts like teeth |
Keratin | a tough, fibrous protein; the basic substance of hair, nails, horns, feathers, shafts, etc. |
Molt | to shed feathers, skin, horns, etc. before replacement with new growth |
Monocular vision | seeing two different objects at the same time; a different object per eye |
Nictitating membrane | a transparent third eyelid hinged at the lower lid of the eye of raptors, and closes laterally across the eye |
Ornithologist | an individual that studies birds |
Pellet | the unusable and undigested material that a bird cannot process for nutrients, and is regurgitated in the form of a pellet |
Preening | a process that most birds do with an oil secreted from a special gland; involves rubbing the oil over its feathers to protect them |
Raptor | of or belonging to a group of birds of prey, such as hawks, eagles, falcons, vultures, owls, etc.; Latin word meaning to seize or capture |
Shaft | the stem of a feather; the hollow tube that holds the feathers together and in place |
Talons | the lethal weapons of raptors; powerful feet with toes (usually three or four) having sharp ends |
Vertebrates | an animal with a backbone or spinal column |
Warm-blooded | being able to control and maintain a constant body temperature even when the temperature of the environment changes |
Wings | either of the paired organs of flight of a bird, bat, insect, etc |