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Birds
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- Birds are those living beings that can fly high in the sky.
- Birds have big feathers that help them to lift their bodies in the air.
- There are hundreds of types of birds on Earth and each of them is unique.
Importance of birds
[edit]- They are a very important part of our ecosystem and the food chain.
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The carnivorous birds eat rodents, insects and even snakes, in this way they help in keeping check on their overpopulation.
- Birds also eat the corpses of other animals, by this, they help in keeping the nature clean of decaying matter.
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The herbivorous birds which eat plants and animals both or the omnivorous birds which eat only plants and fruits, help to disperse seeds.
- This happens when the birds eat the whole fruit and leave back the seeds on the ground.
- These seeds grow into new plants.
- This helps the environment to spread beautifully.
Why birds are going extinct?
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- Birds are beautiful and due to the greed of human beings, many birds are going extinct.
- Humans hunt exotic birds and cage them and even sell them.
- This is harmful to the environment and the bird’s kingdom.
- Even man-made pesticides and pollution prove to be fatal to birds as bird’s breath the polluted air and eat the infected fruit.
- We need to protect birds and save the ecosystem from falling apart.
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