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• Bewick’s Wrens are about 14cm long.

• They lay 5-7 eggs and are solitary in the winter.

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• In the winter, the Gull’s head and nape look dusty, and the red spot on its beak becomes darker.

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• Fungi are decomposers.

• Fungi can be used to make antibiotics.

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• American Crows hunt mice and frogs and other small animals. They eat nuts and acorns in the winter and fall.
• Most American Crows live for 7-8 years.

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• Coal is made largely from fossilized featherplants from the Carboniferous Period (360-286 mya) • Ferns redevelop from spores in two stages.

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• Human activity is decreased. • Some animal homes are wrecked. • Plant growth.

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• Dragonfly eyes have up to 30,000 lenses. Human eyes have only one lens.

• Dragonflies eat mosquitos and other small insects.

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• Grasshoppers hear through their knees.

• They are brownish or greenish and as they age their color will darken.

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• “Minnow” is a general term used to refer to small freshwater and saltwater fish.
• Minnows belong to the carp family and can be used as fishing bait.