- On average, a hen lays 300 eggs per year.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Some birds have been know to put ants into their feathers because the ants squirt formic acid, which kills parasites.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Turkeys can have heart attacks. When the Air Force was conducting test runs and breaking the sound barrier, fields of turkeys dropped dead because of heart attacks.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Kiwis are the only known bird to have nostrils located at the tip of their beak.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - An eagle's nest located in Maryland, USA reportedly weighed about 3,000 pounds.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - There are approximately 7,000 feathers on an eagle.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - In the Middle Ages, peacocks and swans were sometimes served at Christmas dinners.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - A hawk's vision is so good that it can see a mouse from a height of one mile.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The only poisonous birds in the world are the three species of Pitohui. The Hooded Pitohui from Papua New Guinea is the deadliest out of the three.
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(Added: Thu Sep 21 2006) - The American Kestrel hawk weighs only four ounces.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The Barn Owls hearing is so highly developed that they can hunt for their prey in total darkness.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The strike of the eagle talon is so powerful that it's force is twice that of a rifle bullet.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - In order to scare away predators, Giant petrels, a type of seabird, throw up all over the intruder.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - 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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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Whooping cranes are born with blue eyes that change to bright gold by the time they six months old.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Wild turkeys can run at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - 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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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Male owls weigh less and are smaller than female owls.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The thing that hangs from the top of the beak of a turkey is called the snood.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - A hummingbird's heart beats 615 beats in a minute.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The world's smallest owl is the elf owl which weighs 1.5 ounces and is the size of a sparrow.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The scarlet tanager, a songbird native to Illinois, can eat as many as 2,100 gypsy-moth caterpillars in one hour.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - There are an estimated 2,500 collisions between birds and planes each year in the US.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - 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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