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Kingfisher

The adult kingfisher grows to a length of four to eighteen inches (10 to 45 centimeters) and a weight of up to 18 ounces (500 grams). The adult kingfisher has attractive plumage, or feathers. Color combinations are azure blue above and reddish below or light and dark blue, green, brown, white, and black. The bill and legs are vermilion, or bright red, brown, or black. In most species, the male and female are similar in appearance. It has two toes on each foot that are partially webbed.

The kingfisher inhabits the interior of rainforests, woodland areas far from water, desert steppe, grassy savannas, streams, lakeshores, mangroves, seashores, gardens, mountain forests, and oceanic islands. Because the diet of many kingfishers is made up of fish and other aquatic life, it must live in areas where the water is unpolluted.

The kingfisher eats diet of small fish such as minnows and sticklebacks, crustaceans, frogs, and aquatic and land insects. It is possible for a family of six kingfishers to eat up to 100 fish a day.

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Science Year 3 - Different kinds of Plants

A rose plant has beautiful flowers. it is a flowering plant.It has a woody stem . Its leaves are green and oval shaped . It also has thorns.
A bird's nest fern does not have flowers.It is a non-flowering plant.It has long green leaves.
A water lily plant has big leaves.The leaves are green. It also has flowers.

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Sea Birds - Emperor Penguins


They're not known for their grace on land but as these stunning pictures show, for penguins life really is better down where it's wetter.
There they come into their element.
Far from their stereotypical waddle the sea birds glide elegantly through the ocean, perfectly streamlined.
In the collection of photographs, published in the November issue of National Geographic, the emperor penguins slide along ice, slipping in and out of the water with ease.
Captured in the full glory of their natural habitat, they show off their fun-loving sides as they dive effortlessly around their icy home and surf on their bellies.

The photographs capture in minute detail the stunning existence of emperor penguins
FThe photographs capture in minute detail the stunning existence of emperor penguins

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