Roll and Read (Yellow) 1 2 3 4 5 When they run, they Many birds cannot An egg hatches when Female emus can lay Have you every use wings to fly! They are called the inside pecks up to ten traveled to a country change direction flightless birds. its way out of it. eggs at one where flightless quickly. time. birds live? The of male There bones are They have flippers Male emus sit on the Scientists believe kakapos booming can heavier than those of instead of wings. nests for about that the ancestors of be heard from more flying birds. days, until the flightless birds could than four miles away. chicks hatch. fly. are endangered Like humans, all birds Many penguins live on Cassowaries are Scientists also think have a sternum, or because of hunting by and around the found in the swamps that flightless birds breastbone. dogs and cats. frozen continent of and rain forests of became flightless Antarctica. Australia and New because the animals Guinea. that once hunted them became extinct. Kakapos are parrots Ostriches are the You may have seen Cassowaries weigh They have few found in New largest birds in the penguins in an about 130 pounds. feathers and are Zealand. world. They live in aquarium cuddle and They eat fruit, black in color. They Africa. snuggle with their insects, frogs, and weigh about nine chicks. snakes. pounds. is a flightless Both parents Have you ever This world map shows Flightless cormorants bird called the kiwi. the nest while waiting watched a penguin the homes of many have webbed feet It lives in New for the eggs to or clean and flightless birds. and are Zealand. hatch. smooth its feathers? swimmers. If you roll a 6, choose 1 block to read.
Roll and Read (Yellow) 1 2 3 4 5 When they run, they use wings to change direction quickly. Many birds cannot fly! They are called flightless birds. An egg hatches when the inside pecks its way out of it. Female emus can lay up to ten eggs at one time. Have you every traveled to a country where flightless birds live? The of male kakapos booming can be heard from more than four miles away. There bones are heavier than those of flying birds. They have flippers instead of wings. Male emus sit on the nests for about days, until the chicks hatch. Scientists believe that the ancestors of flightless birds could fly. are endangered because of hunting by dogs and cats. Like humans, all birds have a sternum, or breastbone. Many penguins live on and around the frozen continent of Antarctica. Cassowaries are found in the swamps and rain forests of Australia and New Guinea. Scientists also think that flightless birds became flightless because the animals that once hunted them became extinct. Kakapos are parrots found in New Zealand. Ostriches are the largest birds in the world. They live in Africa. You may have seen penguins in an aquarium cuddle and snuggle with their chicks. Cassowaries weigh about 130 pounds. They eat fruit, insects, frogs, and snakes. They have few feathers and are black in color. They weigh about nine pounds. is a flightless bird called the kiwi. It lives in New Zealand. Both parents the nest while waiting for the eggs to hatch. Have you ever watched a penguin or clean and smooth its feathers? This world map shows the homes of many flightless birds. Flightless cormorants have webbed feet and are swimmers. If you roll a 6, choose 1 block to read.
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