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  • A mother hen turns her egg approximately 50 times in a day. This is so the yolk does not stick to the shell.
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  • A seagull can drink salt water because it has special glands that filter out the salt.
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  • All of the Peking ducks in the United States are descendents from three ducks and one drake imported to Long Island, New York in 1873.
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  • Flamingos are able to fly at a speed of approximately 55 kilometers an hour. In one night they can travel about 600 km.
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  • In order to scare away predators, Giant petrels, a type of seabird, throw up all over the intruder.
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  • Owls swallow their prey whole because they have no teeth. After approximately 12 hours they cough up the feathers, bones, and fur in a shape of a football pellet.
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