Birds

0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is The Let's Go Club, but mini!

0:00:04 > 0:00:08Expect making, exploring, super-sizing, dancing,

0:00:08 > 0:00:11fact-finding and laughing!

0:00:11 > 0:00:15So get ready for more fun from The Let's Go Club.

0:00:19 > 0:00:21Today, we are finding out

0:00:21 > 0:00:23all about birds.

0:00:24 > 0:00:25Tall.

0:00:25 > 0:00:26Small.

0:00:26 > 0:00:28- Colourful.- Squawk!

0:00:28 > 0:00:30Very dull.

0:00:30 > 0:00:31WHOOSH!

0:00:31 > 0:00:32Oh-oh-oh!

0:00:32 > 0:00:34Flyers.

0:00:34 > 0:00:36Triers.

0:00:37 > 0:00:40- Swimmers.- Whee!

0:00:40 > 0:00:42Skimmers.

0:00:42 > 0:00:43Clucks.

0:00:43 > 0:00:45TWEET, TWEET!

0:00:45 > 0:00:46And Plucks.

0:00:47 > 0:00:49Hmmp! Maybe not that!

0:00:49 > 0:00:51Let's get to those facts.

0:00:51 > 0:00:55First off, owls don't have eyeballs.

0:00:56 > 0:01:00Nope, owl eyes are long and shaped like a tube.

0:01:01 > 0:01:04Because of this, they can't move their eyes.

0:01:04 > 0:01:09Instead, owls have to turn their whole head to look around.

0:01:09 > 0:01:12But it isn't true that owls

0:01:12 > 0:01:14can twist their heads

0:01:14 > 0:01:16around and around!

0:01:16 > 0:01:19Oh, no! They can only turn

0:01:19 > 0:01:21three-quarters of the way

0:01:21 > 0:01:23before their necks start to get sore

0:01:23 > 0:01:25and they have to turn back.

0:01:25 > 0:01:27What a hoot!

0:01:28 > 0:01:31Next, flamingos are not pink.

0:01:32 > 0:01:33Think again.

0:01:33 > 0:01:35Flamingos are all born

0:01:35 > 0:01:37with grey feathers -

0:01:37 > 0:01:39pretty boring! -

0:01:39 > 0:01:42until they start to eat stuff.

0:01:42 > 0:01:44Then, something amazing happens -

0:01:44 > 0:01:46flamingos change colour.

0:01:46 > 0:01:49It is all because of a pink dye

0:01:49 > 0:01:52that is in the shrimp and plants flamingos like to munch on.

0:01:52 > 0:01:55And it turns their legs and faces pink too,

0:01:55 > 0:01:59which makes it very difficult to tell when they are embarrassed.

0:01:59 > 0:02:01WOLF WHISTLING

0:02:02 > 0:02:06Next... Chickens lay different coloured eggs,

0:02:06 > 0:02:09depending on the colour of their ears.

0:02:09 > 0:02:11Yes, you heard that right.

0:02:11 > 0:02:13A chicken with red earlobes

0:02:13 > 0:02:16is more likely to lay brown eggs,

0:02:16 > 0:02:19while a chicken with white earlobes,

0:02:19 > 0:02:22more often than not, lays white eggs.

0:02:23 > 0:02:25What no-one knows, though,

0:02:25 > 0:02:28is what colour ears belong to the chickens

0:02:28 > 0:02:30that lay Easter eggs?!

0:02:31 > 0:02:36And finally, feathers are only ever found on birds.

0:02:36 > 0:02:39This means that if an animal has feathers,

0:02:39 > 0:02:42then it is definitely, without a doubt, a bird.

0:02:42 > 0:02:47No, a hippopotamus with feathers stuck on his ears and tail

0:02:47 > 0:02:48does not count! Fact!

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