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Roadrunners and Their Habitats. By: Austin Whisman. What is the name of your animal, include class?. My animal is the Roadrunner. The Roadrunner is a feathered, winged, warm blooded animal that belongs to the Ave class. On what continent can you find your animal?.
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Roadrunners and Their Habitats By: Austin Whisman
What is the name of your animal, include class? • My animal is the Roadrunner. • The Roadrunner is a feathered, winged, warm blooded animal that belongs to the Ave class.
On what continent can you find your animal? • The Roadrunner is found on the continent of North America. • You can find the Roadrunner southwestern United States and Mexico
Describe your animal. Include its • The Roadrunner is a medium-sized ground and dwelling, bird. • It has distinctive long legs
Describe its home? • The habitat of the Roadrunner is usually a few feet above ground in bushes, trees, or cactus. • Both the male and female will build the nest and it may be rebuilt from sticks, leaves or other materials.
How does it reproduce? • The male Roadrunner offers a gift of a lizard or insect to the female. • The female Roadrunner lays approximately 2-8 eggs every 1-4 days. • Both parents will incubate the eggs sun until they hatch after about 18 days.
What does it eat? • Insects, snakes, lizards, rodents, small birds, fruit and seeds. • Beats its captured prey against a rock or other hard object to crush the bones, so it may be swallowed whole.
List two characteristics or adaptations • Greater Roadrunners measure 61 cm (2 feet) in length, about half of which is tail. • They have long, wobbly legs and a slender, pointed bill.
