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Avian Quiz Answer – April 29, 2011

10,000 Birds

From what I read, birds are the class of Aves [feathered, winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying and vertebrate animals]. I downloaded the entire spreadsheet, which includes subspecies as well, and sifted my way through 31,660 rows of spreadsheet. Life, Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.

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Why Do Penguins Wear Tuxedos?

10,000 Birds

They have special adaptations to stay warm and to keep their eggs and chicks warm. If you’d like a two page (one sheet, duplex) handout for your class, download THIS PDF FILE. Penguins are flightless, but some species locomote over long distances on antarctic ice to travel between breeding grounds and the sea.

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