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birds have strong chest muscles and lightweight bones, which enables them to fly. Their feathers, too, are lightweight, which helps them fly. During flight the birds feathers compress, giving it a more streamlined shape which helps it fly faster. Flight takes up a lot of energy, and birds must eat up to 30% of their body weight each day.
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∙ 12y agoIt has strong muscles, feathers to keep if warm for flight, a streamlined body to enable it to fly faster.
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What characteristics do birds have to enable them to fly?
hollow bones and feathers help
Do feathers help birds fly easier?
Birds cannot fly at all without their feathers.
Does a birds fat help it to fly?
No
What are the bones birds have?
Birds have hollow bones to help them fly.
How do the birds wing help them?
Without wings, birds couldn't fly.
How does lightweight bones help birds fly?
they are light enough to fly
What are the characteristics of flightless birds?
Flightless birds have a small keel and wings.
How does a birds tail help it fly?
the tail has flight feathers and the flight feathers help a bird to fly.
What characteristics of living thing best explain why birds fly south for the winter?
reproduce
Why do feather help birds?
They help them fly and also they keep them dry in the rain
Why only birds fly?
It is not only birds that fly. Bats fly and they are not birds.
What helps a bird fly?
Keep them warm and keeps them warmkeep the birds warm and help them fly
