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Contour feathers are long, strong, and smooth, while down feathers are soft and fluffy. Contour feathers give birds their coloring and shape and are used in flight. Down feathers provide a layer of insulation.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 13y agoContour feathers and down feathers are two different things that both help the bird in some form. Contour feathers are strong and lightweight. They give a bird its color and its shape. They help the bird to steer while it flies. The down feathers are soft and fluffy. They keep the bird warm by insulating the bird.
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∙ 14y agoContour: Gives the bird its stream line shape.
Down feathers: Keeps the bird warm.
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∙ 12y agoThey are both found on adult birds.
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What feathers are located underneath contour feathers?
Contour feathers are on the wings and tail.
Compare and contrast contour and down feathers?
Birds are the only animals with feathers. They have two main types. Strong, lightweight contour feathers give birds their coloring and shape. They help the birds steer while flying. Soft, fluffy down feathers give adult birds a layer of protection next to their skin. Down feathers cover the bodies of young birds."Actual information from a book, better use it, 'cause you'll probably need it for the Seventh Grade, right... ? I would know, since I am one. :D"
Ostriches cannot fly would you expect them to have more down feathers or contour feathers why?
Ostriches have down feathers. Because they can not fly they have no need for contour feathers...
What kind of feathers are located under contour feathers?
Down
What feathers do birds have?
contour and the feathers to keep them warm are down.
What does a contour feather do for a bird?
Definition: The outer layer of feathers that cover a bird's body, wings, and tail and give the bird its characteristic appearance. Contour feathers differ from other body feathers (such as down and semiplumes) in that they consist of two vanes along a shaft that have interlocking barbs that give strenght and structure to the feather shape
State four differences between contour and down feather?
In between contour feathers is a patch of bare skin called the apteria. Down feathers develop in the apteria preserving air trapped under the contour wings. Downy feathers are shaped of a incredibly unfastened structure that is flexible and helps trap air close to the bird.
What different types of feathers are there?
There are several different kinds of feathers: bristle, semiplume, filoplume, down, feathers with vanes like the contour and flight feathers.
What is duck fluff?
Small, white, down feathers that grow in between flight and contour feathers. They provide insulation for the animals.
How do you compare and contrast plant cells animal cells and unicellular cells?
you take 3 compare and contrast bubbles and wright down the differences and the same
Can you compare and contrast jus sanguinis to jus soli?
your going down
What is a bird adaptive characteristics?
Contour feathers for flight, down feathers for heat control, beak for consuming food, hollow bones for flight, specialized respiratory system for flight, some bones are fused together fo flight
