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The main characteristic of the flying mammals is that they are all species of bats. Bats are the only flying mammal. Some of the characteristics of bats are that they fly almost exclusively at night, they can't walk very well, and they have excellent hearing.
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∙ 13y agoHollow bones, feathers, and there wings. Just a few.
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Why is birds covered in feathers and not in scales?
Cute question! Birds like to get high. Feathers allow birds to fly.
What are the characteristics of flightless birds?
Flightless birds have a small keel and wings.
What characteristics of living thing best explain why birds fly south for the winter?
reproduce
What are the fetures tht allow birds to fly?
Wings, feathers, and light bones.
What internal adaptations allow birds to fly?
Their bones are hollow which makes the bird light. With its lightness it is able to fly.
What characteristics do birds have to enable them to fly?
hollow bones and feathers help
Why does a birds have wings?
Soft, downy feathers keep birds' bodies toasty and warm. At the same time, the waxy outer ones keep off the rain. More importantly, feathers allow birds to fly. Birds beat their feathered wings to lift off the ground and fly through the air.
Why only birds fly?
It is not only birds that fly. Bats fly and they are not birds.
Why ducks classified as birds?
Ducks fly, lay eggs, have feathers, molt, migrate - all of which are bird characteristics.
Why don't birds have cartilage?
They have bones in their wings that allow them to fly, if they did not have bones, they would be a lump of skin and organs.
What outer wing feathers that allow birds to fly are called?
Contour feathers. Wait: I was wrong. The answer is remiges.
How are penguins birds if they can't fly?
Just because penguins, ostriches, emus and kiwis don't fly doesn't automatically make them not birds. They still have the same characteristics that make them birds like all other birds have: a beak, feathers, porous bones, etc. The ability to fly is not part of the definition of what makes a bird.
