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How birds and vultures can soar and glide in the airs for hours while they look for food?
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∙ 10y ago
Birds have feathers which serve different purposes--flight, insulation, waterproofing and even for sexual attraction. Flight feathers are long, stiff and found on a bird's wing or tail. They enable a bird to catch the breeze and provide both lift as well as thrust or forward motion. Lift is provided when due to the shape of the bird's wing, air passing over the top has to travel a longer distance and has to speed up as it goes over the top, relative to below the wing. This creates a difference in pressure and provides lift. When a bird flap's its wings using its breast muscles, air moves over and under the wing--this is called thrust. The shape of the wing and its ability to move through the air help a bird to fly. Once in the air, a bird can conserve its energy and glide while looking for food. Hollow bones and a low body weight, and the fact that a bird has no urinary bladder, all keep the weight of birds low enough to achieve flight.
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Do vultures ever flap their wings?
Yes they do. But only when they are beginning their flight while they in the air they only glide.
How do birds flie?
== == Birds fly because their wings are like their fingers and the push off the ground and open their wings and they glide while pushing air out from under them to go higher and to go lower they will just glide and lean foward. == ==
You live in SW Connecticut and saw 2 large birds with black feathers and red crowns and heads They looked like somewhat like vultures They perched on a large rock for a while Any idea what they are?
They were probably turkey vultures. In summer, they are found as far north as southern Canada.
Does an eagle is the only flying mammal?
No, eagles are birds. Mammals give milk to their young.
What are the name of sound of birds?
Most birds have many types of calls. Some sing, just to sing it appears, while others, like vultures, rarely do anything more than make grunting sounds. Most birds have several types of sounds, territorial songs, alarm calls, and songs to attract mates.
Why does a bird flying with outstretched wings seems to glide to the ground while a bird with its wings tucked in tightly nose dives to the ground?
Birds with their wings streched out have more surface area so they catch the air, but birds with their wing tucked into them have no traction and no air catches them.
What eat jackals?
hawks, leopard's, eagles, vultures. hawks, eagles, and vultures go after the pups, while leopards go for the adults and pups.
Can a Boeing plane glide for a while if engines stop?
yes
What does the vulture represent?
the vulture is a scavenger belonging to the family Carthartidae which is divided into two group, old world vultures ( found in Europe, Africa and Asia) and new world vultures ( found in North and South America). Vultures Feed on dead and dying animals this is because they lack the strong and deadly grasping feet of true birds of prey.
What type of vultures live in Georgia?
I know turkey vultures for certain because they land in our front yard all the time and we see them hovering around while waiting on the school bus. Also we have black vultures here too.
In Kingdom Hearts 2 how do you get glide?
You get Glide by leveling up your drive form while in 'Final Form'.To level up your Final Form you must defeat nobodies while in Final Form.
Use glide in sentence?
We watched the graceful ballerina glide across the stage. He glides easily on his ice skates while she stumbles because she's just learning. The plane seems to glide effortlessly across the sky.
