What do roadrunners eat? Can you tell about their eating habits?
They eat an amazing vaiety of food. Most of their diet is insects, but they also catch birds, mice and other small animals (tarantulas, snakes, spiders).
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What do you know about the weather and the temperature in the desert?
The weather is mostly hot and sunny, the temperature is high. There can be big differences between the daytime and nighttime temperature.
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Where did roadrunners' name come from?
These birds got this name because people usually see them running across the road.Â
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What is the size of a roadrunner?
A roadrunner is quite a large bird - about forty-five centimeters long and twenty-five centimeters high.
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Where do roadrunners live?
They live in the desert zones of the southeastern United States and northern Mexico.
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Why does a male give gifts to a female?
Males court this way in order to prove that they are able to provide food and everything what the female and their future to be young will need. (nuptial gifts)
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What do some people use the roadrunners for?
Some people use roadrunner meat as medicine. As these birds can eat poisonous animals and they don't die, their meat could help sick people.
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How do roadrunners gets warm in winter?
They lower their body temperature during night to save body heat. They have got black spots which collect heat from the morning sun.
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How fast can a roadrunner run?
It can run at a speed of 30 km/h.
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Explain how roadrunners fit into their environment?
They developed a special way to keep warm, they can eat poisonous animals and they can even make friends with humans.
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Explain why a roadrunner isn't a typical bird.
It isn't a typical bird because it can fly only so much as a chicken can.
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Why do people laugh at roadrunners?
Because of the way how they run. They hold their heads straight out in front and their tails stick straight out in back. People think it's funny.
