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   ocr: BIRDS B IRDS with are feathers. the only Most animals birds and such as they all penguins, lay eggs. cannot Some fly, birds, but they are highly adapted for flight by having are superb swimmers. Different birds a streamlined body and strong chest are adapted to their different habitats muscles that move the two wings. and life-styles. A duck, for example, has To reduce their weight, birds have a fat bill for sieving food from water, hollow bones. Birds are waterproof feathers,and webbed endothermic vertebrates, feet for swimming. Parrot HUMMINGBIRD Its strong, sharp bill FLIGHT belps the parro ...