Films for the Humanities and Sciences

Birds

Flight is probably what humans find most fascinating about birds, but the ability of bird brains to store migratory patterns is another great mystery. Birds and their eggs are a principal food source as well. This program investigates the biology of birds, what we know of the long annual migrations of many species and how we think birds are able to find their way, and introduces the world of aviculture and the methods by which breeders have developed more marketable and profitable kinds of chickens. (23 minutes)

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Item#: BVL5603
Copyright date: ©1993


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