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  2. Zugunruhe - Wikipedia

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    When migratory birds are held in captivity, they hop about, flutter their wings and flit from perch to perch just as birds of the same species are migrating in the wild. The caged birds ‘know’ they should be travelling too. This migratory restlessness, or Zugunruhe, was first described by Johann Andreas Naumann…[who] interpreted

  3. Bird flight - Wikipedia

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    Bird flight is the primary mode of locomotion used by most bird species in which birds take off and fly. Flight assists birds with feeding, breeding , avoiding predators , and migrating . Bird flight includes multiple types of motion, including hovering, taking off, and landing, involving many complex movements.

  4. Unihemispheric slow-wave sleep - Wikipedia

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    Certain bird species are more likely to utilize USWS during soaring flight, but it is possible for birds to undergo USWS in flapping flight as well. Much is still unknown about the usage of unihemispheric slow-wave sleep, since the inter-hemispheric EEG asymmetry that is viewed in idle birds may not be equivalent to that of birds that are flying.

  5. 'Drunk' birds in Canada get sober after binging on berries ...

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    While other birds are flying to warmer weather for the upcoming winter months, the Bohemian waxwings are taking advantage of Canada's berries. The 'Drunk' birds in Canada get sober after binging ...

  6. List of birds by flight heights - Wikipedia

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    The black kite can reach an altitude of around 37,000 feet especially during their migratory flight to and from West Africa in the second week of September and the last week of May annually. [citation needed] Andean condor: Vultur gryphus: Cathartidae: 6,500 metres (21,300 feet) [7] Mallard: Anas platyrhynchos: Anatidae: 6,400 metres (21,000 feet)

  7. Emotion in animals - Wikipedia

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    Mentioning seven core emotional feelings reflected through a variety of neuro-dynamic limbic emotional action systems, including seeking, fear, rage, lust, care, panic and play. [9] Through brain stimulation and pharmacological challenges, such emotional responses can be effectively monitored.

  8. How birds get their colors. A visual guide to your ...

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    How do birds get their colors? Understanding bird coloration combines biology and physics. There are two primary ways that birds get their color: pigmentation and the physical structure of the ...

  9. A flying phobia affects more than 25 million Americans. Here ...

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    For flight anxiety to be considered a flying phobia, these symptoms need to have been the case for six months or more. It needs to be interfering with their life in some way. People who seek ...