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How do the nightingale bird use its beak?

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Do cats digest the feathers and beaks of the birds they eat?

Sometimes they will, but this really depends on the cat. A cat can indeed eat the whole bird, including feathers, beaks and feet if it wants - a cat's stomach acid can break down feathers and bone with relative ease. Any pieces left undigested (which is very little!) are expelled with the cat's waste - or even may be regurgitated.


If only one species is considered the fittest why do you still have so many variations among species Why do some birds have very long pointy beaks while other birds have short flat beaks?

It depends on their diet. If they are omnivors they have long pointy beaks to tear the meat up instead of teeth. If they are herbivorous they have short flat beaks for seed, vegetable and fruit eating.


What do purple humming birds look like?

Humming birds are small and usually very colorful. They have long thing beaks to get into small flowers. They fly backwards very quickly and can be watched for no more then mere seconds. They like sugar water.


What are the characteristic of birds?

The characteristics that qualify birds are:warm blooded (endothermic)vertebrates (they have a backbone and an internal skeleton)breathe using lungs (not gills)an outer covering of feathers - this feature is not shared with any other vertebrate groupreproduce by laying eggsOther features which are characteristics of birds, but not used to set them apart from other vertebrate groups, include:All birds have wings, but not all birds fly: generally, there is reduction of skeletal weightBirds have beaks or bills, and do not have teethBirds have two legsBirds have a cloaca, a cavity into which the intestinal, urinary, and genital canals emptyBirds have nucleated red blood cells, unlike mammalsBirds have a chambered hearthave 2 wings feathers beak and lay eggsThe characteristics that qualify birds are: warm blooded (endothermic)vertebratesbreathe using lungs (not gills)reproduce by laying eggs

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Do birds have sharp teeth for crushing food?

No existing bird of any species has teeth. Birds have beaks.


How tortoise lose its teeth?

Tortoises never have any teeth to lose. They are born with horny beaks instead of teeth.


Are dormouses related to birds?

A dormouse is a rodent. It is related to mice and rats. Rodents have chisel-shaped incisor teeth for gnawing. Birds do not have any teeth. They have beaks. Birds also have wings and fly.


Why are bats not birds?

Bats are not birds as they have no feathers, talons, beaks, or any organ specifically related to birds. The bat's wings are also not the same style as bird's wings. Bats seem to have the same structure in their wings as the human hand. And, they do not lay eggs, they give live birth.


How m any beaks are on an octopus?

Not sure how many beaks it has, if any, but it has eight tentacles.


How did the finches help Darwin to formulate his theory of natural selection and evolution?

There were many islands and finches on each. The finches did not fly from their home island to other islands. Different islands had different food for the finches. Darwin noticed that where there were plenty of honeysuckle flowers for the birds to feed on, the finches there had long beaks. On islands where the best bird-food was small seeds, the finches had beaks more like canary beaks, short and strong. Darwin also noticed that the finches were all from the same original flock and had probably mixed up when the islands were closer together and they could fly to any island to feed. So Darwin concluded that when the finches became isolated on different islands, their beaks evolved to be most suitable for eating the food available. The birds with the wrong beaks died young and had few chicks and these chicks unfortunately for them inherited their parents silly beaks. The birds with the right beaks fed well and had lots of chicks who inherited good beaks. So eventually nearly all the finches on any given island had the most suitably shaped beaks.


Are squids birds?

yes. They both have beaks; what else do you need? if you took all the feathers off of a (land) bird, it'd look like a squid. In conclusion, squids are birds.


How do the nightingale bird use its beak?

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Are black birds carnivores or omnivores?

yes like other birds black birds are omnivores they will eat any thing from small insects to plants and seeds and even small reptiles and mammal's some instances they will even eat other birds and steal the egg's they are very head strong birds with huge appetites.


Are humming birds dangerous?

Hummingbirds are not dangerous. There is nothing in either their physiology or feeding habits to render them any threat to man or beast.


Bats can fly so why are they not classiffied as birds?

A bat bears it's young alive, does not have feathers and does not have the high metabolic rate of a bird.


Do cats digest the feathers and beaks of the birds they eat?

Sometimes they will, but this really depends on the cat. A cat can indeed eat the whole bird, including feathers, beaks and feet if it wants - a cat's stomach acid can break down feathers and bone with relative ease. Any pieces left undigested (which is very little!) are expelled with the cat's waste - or even may be regurgitated.