Flightless Birds

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Penguins eat fish and drink salty water.

the flight less birds name was the cassowary in the BC comics and it symbolises that you do not have to fly to be afriad of

non avian means flightless bird

There are a great many different species of birds that coexist. Finches, robins, and blue birds all coexist with each other for example.

Nothing was done to protect the Dodo. They were killed and eaten by sailors. Rats and cats from passing ships also helped to bring about their extinction. Being flightless and unaware of human or animal predators, they proved easy prey.

The kakapo is the world's heaviest parrot, being flightless. It can weigh up to 3.5 kg (7 pounds) for males, and 2 kg (over 4 pounds) for females. Males have been known to exceed 4 kg. Male kakapo can reach a head to tail length of 60 cm, or 24 inches.

This is larger than the kaka and the kea. The kea can grow up to 50 cm in length, and has a weight of between 800 grams and 1kg. The kaka is very much smaller, with a length of up to 45 cm and weighing up to 475 g for males and 425 g for females.

Kakapo are flightless parrots, particularly vulnerable to predators, and currently critically endangered. Their numbers have been decimated since first the Maori, then Europeans, settled in New Zealand. Settlement meant the birds were easily hunted, and exotic predatory species were introduced. However, efforts by various groups have gone a long way towards helping the kakapo and, while it is still critically endangered, its outlook is a bit more positive.

The birds are now protected by law, and to help preserve the species, the Kakapo Recovery Programme has been put into place. The Kakapo Recovery Programme is managed by the Department of Conservation (DOC) which, under the "Wildlife Act 1953", has responsibility for caring for native species.

Because of predation by cats, dogs, stoats and kiore (polynesian rats), the remaining birds have been moved to offshore islands Under the Kakapo Recovery Programme. In 2014, they are now found only on Anchor Island, Codfish Island (Whenua Hou) and Little Barrier Island (Hauturu). These islands are essentially made up of thick bushland which is closest to the kakapo native habitat.

In addition, the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, a major conservation group in New Zealand, not only actively promotes and assists the Kakapo Recovery Programme, but it also administers funds via the Threatened Species Trust.

Then there is the influential company Rio Tinto Alcan New Zealand Limited (RTANZ) which has committed to helping save the kakapo by working in partnership with both the Department of Conservation and the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society.

In 1995, there were only 51 kakapo left. Thanks to the Kakapo Recovery Programme, figures in 2013 had reached 131. There are full time staff permanently enduring the primitive, cold conditions of the islands in order to help protect and preserve the birds.

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Its a Rhea (large flightless bird like the ostrich or emu). Darwins Rhea is a smaller species of Rhea found in South America feeding on seeds, roots, and other plant matter.

Some birds do lay eggs even if they haven't mated. Don't know if Penguins do that too. But to lay fertile eggs - eggs that turn into chicks and hatch - they have to mate first.

The ostrich is the fastest bird on foot, traveling in short intervals at up to 65 k/ph (40 m/ph).

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At the present time, there are no known flightless birds native to Alabama. There are ostrich and emu farms in the state, but the birds do not live in the wild.

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Yes, all birds lay eggs. The nesting and chick-rearing habits of the rhea are very similar to those of the ostrich. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhea_%28bird%29 for more information.

The kakapo is a parrot. It belongs to the family Strigopidae, which is just the New Zealand parrots. The only other members of this family are the kea (Nestor notabilis) and the kaka (Nestor meridionalis).

the birds wings are shaped just right so that air gets under them creating a lower air pressure underneath when they flap. so they fly forward.

Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus were the children of Cronus and Rhea.

The flightless bird that lives on the pampas is the rhea (ñandú).

Penguins are wild animals, but they can care for themselves they have a natural instinct that they know when and how to hunt for food as in Fish and Krill

The most common enemies of the Kakapo are feral cats, wild dogs, stoats, weasels and ferrets. Feral cats have decimated their population on Stewart Island. The kiore, or Polynesian rat, raids their nests.

Humans also once posed a danger by hunting them, while destruction of their habitat is another problem humans have caused.