Question
List a fer'flight adaptations in birds.
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Answer
Fight adaptations of the birds are the following:
- Forelimbs are modified into wings for flying.
- Body is light as they have hollow (pneumatic) bones.
- Body is streamlined to reduce air resistance during flight.
- Flights muscles are well developed.
- Body is covered with exoskeleton of water-proof and light-weight feathers.
- They have actue vision.
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