Birds of the oceans and lakes |
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Ocean birds |
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Albatross |
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Albatrosses are the most amazing travellers.
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The great albatross has the longest wings in the world and it can
fly 400 kilometres in a day.
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Albatrosses can grab fish from the sea easily because they have
hooked beaks.
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They can dive under the water and some of them can dive down 12
metres.
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Albatrosses live for 50-60 years.
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Unfortunately, these beautiful birds are in danger.
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Fishing boats pull huge nets through the ocean.
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The nets trap many albatrosses when they dive in the water and the
birds drown.
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More than 100,000 albatrosses die in this way every year.
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An albatross chick stays on land for 9 months.
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Penguin |
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Some penguins live in very cold places.
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Others live in warm places. |
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The Emperor penguin is the tallest. It is 110 cm tall.
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The smallest is the Little Blue penguin. It is only 40 cm tall.
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Penguins can see well underwater so they can catch fish in the
ocean.
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The Emperor penguin can dive down 565 m and it can stay underwater
for 20 minutes.
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Small feathers trap air and keep the bird warm.
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Penguins cannot fly but they are excellent swimmers.
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Lake and river birds |
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Swan |
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Swans build the most enormous nests in plants near the water.
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The mother and father birds build a nest from twigs and small
branches.
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They stay together for life. |
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The mother bird lays 4-7 eggs. |
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A baby swan is a cygnet. |
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The parents can carry the cygnets on their backs when they are
very young.
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These wide, flat feet help the swan to swim.
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Many water birds have webbed feet like these.
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Swans live on rivers and small lakes.
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Usually, they are white but sometimes swans have black heads and
necks.
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The young cygnets are grey. |
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They are not as beautiful as the adult birds but slowly their
white feathers appear.
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After a year, they are as strong and graceful as their parents.
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Goose |
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A baby goose is a gosling. |
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The plural of goose is geese. |
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Many geese are wild but you can see geese on farms, too.
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They live near water. |
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They can swim well and they can fly over the land.
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When they fly together they make a huge V in the sky.
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