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Insects and Spiders
Fish and Amphibians
Plants
Birds
Birds are the most easily recognised group of animals. Their feathers
and hard horny beak make them easy to identify although they do come in
many different sizes shapes and colours.
PARROTS
These very intelligent birds have very loud voices and many have the ability
to mimic the human voice. This has made them highly sort after as pets
but as they are often difficult to breed some birds found for sale as
pets may have been taken illegally from the wild!
TOUCANS
This family of birds is only found in South America. The largest Toucan,
the 'Toco', has very striking black and white plumage, a huge orange beak
and is famous for being in advertisements for a certain alcoholic drink!
It's huge beak is one of the mysteries that scientists are still trying
to solve, why is it so big? What we do know is that it is very light and
strong with an internal 'honeycomb' structure but is its size important
for feeding or courtship? We are proud to have probably the largest public
collection of toucans in the UK with 10 different species!
BIRDS OF PREY AND OWLS
Predators have different ways of catching prey and often we put them into
families according to this. Falcons are the fastest birds in the world
with a female Peregrine Falcon capable of speeds exceeding 100 mph! Eagles
have a massive wingspan and immense power that makes them majestic kings
of the bird world! Owls with their silent flying and the ability to turn
their heads almost 360 degrees are always a favourite with our visitors
but they aren't as intelligent as they look...just don't tell them that!
Also in Birds:
Parrots | Toucans | Birds of Prey and Owls
Hummingbirds,
Sunbirds & Honeycreepers
Penguins | Softbills
| Rare and unusual
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