Strange Bird Facts

[CarolsCritterCare]

Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water.

Only male turkeys (Toms) gobble, females make a clicking noise.

Turkeys will peck to death members of the flock that are physically inferior or different.

Unlike humans, canaries can regenerate their brain cells.

Over 1000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.

A hummingbird’s heart beats 1,260 times per minute.

Flamingos lay their eggs on top of volcano-shaped nests made of mud.

Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air.

California condors can fly 10 miles without flapping their wings.

The ostrich yolk is the largest single cell in the world.

In Miami, Florida, roosting vultures have taken to snatching poodles from rooftop patios.

Bird droppings are the chief export of Nauru, an island nation in the western Pacific.

The waste produced by one chicken in its lifetime can supply enough electricity to run a 100 watt bulb for five hours.

An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.

The pouch under a pelican’s bill holds up to 25 pounds of fish and water.

[dgridley]

OK, what I want to know.. and this is about all animals, not just birds..

But given all the birds, squirrels, chipmunks, etc, etc, etc we have on the planet.. shouldn't we be knee deep in animal carcasses by now with all the animals that must die every year? I mean, think about how rarely you even see a dead animal compared to the number you see alive... ???

[CarolsCritterCare]

That's what our fox, coyotee, cougar, lions, vultures etc are for.....they clean up that mess

[dgridley]

I take this back.. we just had about 5,000 birds drop dead from the sky a couple days ago in nearby Arkansas AND 100,000 dead drum fish not far from where the birds died.

I thought that sort of thing wasn't supposed to happen til 2012!

Fulfillment of prophecy? Sign of the times?

http://www.goddiscussion.com/38514/b...the-end-times/

Originally Posted by dgridley

OK, what I want to know.. and this is about all animals, not just birds..

But given all the birds, squirrels, chipmunks, etc, etc, etc we have on the planet.. shouldn't we be knee deep in animal carcasses by now with all the animals that must die every year? I mean, think about how rarely you even see a dead animal compared to the number you see alive... ???