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Squirrels collect and eat different food items including fruits, nuts, seeds, leaves, vegetables, fungi, insects, etc. They mostly leave in tree holes and collect twigs, grass leaves, branches, etc. to make dreys.
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Squirrels hibernate in winter because it helps them to conserve energy by slowing down metabolic process up to 1% of a regular level, decreasing heart rate and body temperature near to freezing. During this time, they do not eat or drink and dive into long sleep to bypass the adverse climatic change in winter.
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Cockatiels are one of the most emotional bird species. They are intelligent as well as emotionally complex. They can express their joy, affection, sadness and stress through different activities. When raised with love and care, they get emotionally connected with their owner and show immense love to them.
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Cockatoos like music a lot. They are very fun-loving and curious in nature. They are vocal birds that have abilities to scream loudly. Their brains have strong auditory-motor connections that makes them sound sensitive. Receiving high frequencies of music makes them feel happy just like humans.
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African greys can fly. But because of their natural habitat at dense rain forests, they do not prefer to fly oftentimes. They tend to move along tree canopies with the help of their claws and beak rather than flying in the sky.
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Cockatoos puff up their feathers to express certain feelings. They tend to puff up in different situations when they feel cold, sleepy, stressed out, scared, or even due to expressing joy and happiness also. Sometimes it is also found that cockatoos puff up their feathers without any reason.
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Ravens and crows lose feathers at regular intervals. Just like all other birds, it is one of the important physical features of ravens and crows through which they shed damaged feathers and renew their plumage. The loss of feathers during molting is heavily affected by their habitat, food habits, and seasons.
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Ravens commonly communicate by making sounds and eye contact, but they can also make gestures using their bill and wings to communicate. Ravens are the only studied species that make gestures to communicate other than primates.
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Pigeon eggs hatch and a baby Pigeon, squab comes out of it by breaking the eggshells. To make an egg hatch, continuous incubation is a must, that is why both the parent pigeons continue incubation in shifts all day long. So that their healthy offspring can come out of it.
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The nest is the place where a little young pigeon is born and raised by its parent pigeons. Let us try to find out if pigeons leave the nest or not. Pigeons leave their nest once they are big enough to fly in the sky. Nest is not a safe place for a long time, … Read more