Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Week 5 Bird Special!

Its, the fifth week, that means that we go to our animals in the sky for your animal of the week! I will do this every fifth week.
This weeks Bird is the Toco Toucan!


The toucan is a beautiful weird bird! These colorful creatures live in the rainforest region of South America. They are pretty small birds with a massive beak (7.5 inches) have become famous over the years because of their colorful beaks. the beaks are mode of bone but are actually very fragile and not very useful except for pecking its food and eating it. They can also snack on some small birds and lizards.

These birds are not very powerful or fast, but they live to be about 20 years, but I find them pretty interesting in what they do (play a game like a pitcher pitching to a batter) and just how beautiful their beaks are made and look!
Stay tuned for another animal next week!

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