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= ﻿Fantastic Birds =

These birds here are full of fantastic stuff. Scroll around, there are more than pigeons around here. Click on the links for the picture gallery and a funny or interesting video. Cassowary Yep, that's what you're thinking. The bird in the picture is a cassowary. Cassowaries are flightless birds that live on the islands of New Guinea. They are extreamely territorial and have been known to attack an even kill humans that anger them. They can reach speeds of 50 km/h (31 mph), and their 12 cm claws can make wounds 5 cm deep.

Hummingbird Hummingbirds are like living miniature helicopters. The Bee Hummingbird is the smallest bird on the planetHummingbirds receive their name form the small humming sound that their wings, wich can beat from 12 to 90 times per SECOND. .They are mostly bright coloured, and they are the only vertebrates capable of hovering and flying backwards.

These seagull-like birds are artic terns. They are seabirds, and they do not seem to be very special. But they are greater travelers than an aeroplane pilot. During its life, an atic tern can fly the same distance as three voyages to the moon and back during their yearly journeys from pole to pole. Another thing; their chicks are masters of disguise. See if you can spot the little baby tern in the picture. The peregrin falcon is the fastest animal of the planet. In a "stoop", or dive, it can reach speeds of 320 km/h (200 mph), the speed of a Ferrari racing car. It is a crow-sized falcon with a small hooked beak, narrow wings and grey color. They hunt mostly other birds about their size by diving on them, pulling out of dive on the last moment, and gripping their victim with their sharp tallons (claws). Peregrins are also noticeable birds on another subject: their parental behavior. If the couple can't lay eggs, or if the eggs are "bad eggs" in some way, they will adopt a baby- in other words, they will take another raptor (bird of prey) egg or chick and take care of the baby.