There are thousands of species on the earth, there are many small animals, and we don't really know enough about them.
For example, everyone prefers to hear the magpie on the branches in the morning, the magpie as a beneficial bird, it will prey on many pests, children living in the countryside usually see magpies too much or less. But what we don't know is that magpies are probably one of the most intelligent birds, and this is reflected in many ways.
For example, we all know that magpies like shiny things, and they will cut shiny objects around garbage heaps and houses. Magpies can rely on their memories to return to where they were looking for something. Of course, magpies also have their own animals to fear, for example, when faced with the threat of cats, magpies will pretend to communicate with their companions, distract the enemy's attention, and then take the opportunity to escape. It was discovered that when the mirror was placed in front of the magpie, the magpie could recognize itself.
Aren't these birds around us smart?
As intelligent as the magpie is the small-billed crow, who lives in Europe and Asia, lives with his family, and their young birds accompany their parents for a long time, helping them to take care of the newly hatched chicks, so the crows are also very observant, able to identify the humans who pose a threat and pass on information to their companions.
In times of food shortage, in order to fill their stomachs, they also do not hesitate to raid the nests of other birds or go to the vegetable garden to steal food.
Recently I read a book called "The Amazing Zoo, Encyclopedia of Wild Birds for Children", mentioning small birds, each of us can say a lot, there are parrots, eagles, magpies, sparrows, flamingos.
In this book, from the appearance characteristics to behavior habits, the author introduces the cold knowledge of 190 species of birds with interesting and informative words, at the same time, the book also presents 200 high-definition pictures, all of which are taken in the natural atmosphere of birds, children can learn where birds grow through pictures, at the same time, the book can also scan and watch 100 vivid videos through two-dimensional codes to understand the actual scenes of bird life.
In recent years, the flamingo pattern has been particularly popular with children, sometimes printed on the quilt, sometimes appearing on the picture book, because it has a beautiful color, and the children especially like it.
Flamingos are highly social birds that often end their lives with thousands of animals gathered together, group behavior almost synchronous, reincarnated in the same direction, at the same time, dipping their heads in water while courtship show off and converge into a red flame.
The red-crowned crane living in Asia is one of the largest birds in the world, their bodies are mostly white, only the neck and the edges of the wings are black, it is difficult to distinguish in the snow, in order to attract the opposite sex red-crowned cranes will hold a special ceremony, they dance, the dance combines knee jumping, running, spreading wings and other movements, at the same time, accompanied by a name once they are married, they will continue to dance around once and for a lifetime.
Yellow-browed penguins, who live in Antarctica, are named after a long tuft of yellow feathers on their eyes, and as members of the penguin family, they can't fly, but are particularly good at swimming.
Crested yellow-browed penguins spend a lot of time at sea during the year, only moulting and breeding, which must be carried out on the shore.
They reunite with the same mate during the mating season year after year, which can last for many years, with males and females taking turns incubating eggs and then taking turns caring for their young birds after hatching.
After the young birds break out of their shells, the baby penguins join the nursery, which is a flock of chicks, and the parent birds go to find food.
And they also live in Antarctica emperor penguins are about a meter tall, weight can reach 50 kilograms, they are also very good at swimming, after the female penguin lays eggs, there is a penguin father responsible for incubating eggs, she puts the eggs on the back of her feet, with the folds of the skin to cover the eggs, during this time, the penguin father is mainly responsible for incubating the eggs, and the mother penguin returns to the sea to fish and accumulate milk.
Penguin father for two months can not eat and drink, can not move at will, until the penguin mother from the penguin father's arms, the result of the penguin baby just born, the penguin father who has not eaten for a long time can finally go to the sea to hunt, at this time, its weight has been reduced to about half of the original weight.
There are actually many birds living around us, such as the pigeons that fall on the windowsill of our house every day, some pigeons have ankle rings on their feet, some pigeons do not have them on their feet, usually they occasionally fall on the windowsill, and sometimes they make a grunting sound. There's a litter of pigeons in my house where I put the air conditioner, and there. Every summer at five o'clock, we start to grunt, and almost in the summer, we don't use the alarm clock.
This little pigeon used to grow up eating milk, the pigeon's father and mother's cysts can produce milk, they take turns to breastfeed the chicks, the chicks only feed on milk, but they grow very quickly. After the pigeons are nursing for two weeks, the parents take turns to pick up the softened seeds in their mouths, and after a month, the pigeons are able to fly out of the nest and begin to forage independently.
What do you think? Aren't these little birds all funny? Birds have wings that can fly, their bones are hollow, and airbags that can fill the air make their bodies lighter. Birds flew up with the movement of their wings, and the shape of the wings allowed them to glide through the air. At the same time, their tails can also adjust the direction and speed during flight, and the feathers on the wings also have a shock absorption effect, no matter how high they fly, the down feathers will help them maintain their body temperature.
If you also want your child to understand the story of birds, you may wish to open this "Magic Zoo bird encyclopedia for children" with him and look at the stories of birds with children, and see what the environment of birds live in in the video. You can also ask him what kind of bird he likes the most?