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    Fast Facts: March 8

    • The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

    • Female canaries can’t sing.

    • The average ostrich’s eye is the size of a tennis ball and bigger than its brain.

    • There is about the same number of chickens in the world as humans.

    • The waste produces by a single chicken in its lifetime could supply the electricity to run a 100-watt bulb for 5 hours.

    • The bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers.

    • The most common bird in the world is a starling.

    • The average lifespan of a parrot is 120 years.

    • The golden eagle can spot a rabbit from nearly two miles away.

     

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