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- Kiwi is a bird that has five species.
- They are sometimes called ‘honorary mammals’ because of their strange mammalian traits.
- They are more like mammals than birds.
- They dont have pneumatic bones like other birds as their bones are filled with marrow.
- Their legs are so powerful that they can run as fast as humans.
- They have an unusual sense of smell and touch.
- They are the only birds with nostrils at the end of their beak.
- Their gestation period is 80 days , which is twice as long as usual for birds.
- Their chicks when hatched are fully feathered and independent.
- Adult kiwis don’t need to feed their young as they are born with nutritious yolk sacs attached to their bellies.
