Birds
Questions
1. Are you interested in birds?
2. What’s your favourite bird?
3. Are there any bird superstitions in your country?
4. What’s the most common bird in your town / country?
5. Have you ever had a bird as a pet? (Is a bird a good pet?)
6. What is the most beautiful bird?
7. Has a bird ever pooped on you?
8. Are pigeons useful birds or vermin?
9. What countries have birds as national emblems? Do they reflect that country?
10. Are birds really “free” as the expression “as free as a bird” suggests?
Videos
Though the common ancestor of all modern birds could fly, many different bird species have independently lost their flight. Flight can have incredible benefits, especially for escaping predators, hunting and traveling long
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distances. But it also has high costs: consuming huge amounts of energy and limiting body size and weight. Gillian Gibb explores what makes birds give up the power of flight.
Lesson by Gillian Gibb, directed by Anton Bogaty.
Lesson by Gillian Gibb, directed by Anton Bogaty.
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Category: Nature & Environment | Science
Monkeys are our closest biological relatives, and they can’t speak. But parrots don’t seem to have a problem at all.
Category: Education & Language | Nature & Environment