8E Beaks of Birds

1. Sparrow

1.1. What kind of beak does the sparrow have?

1.1.1. It has a short, hard, and horny beak.

1.2. How is the beak useful to the sparrow?

1.2.1. The sparrow mainly eats seeds, so the beak is used for eating, digging, and cracking the shells of the seed. Can you do that?

2. Pelican

2.1. What kind of beak does the pelican have?

2.1.1. It has a very large beak with a hollow space inside.

2.2. How is the beak useful to the pelican?

2.2.1. The hollow space enables the pelican to hold the fish tightly

2.2.2. Catch a pelican and feed it fish to see what I mean.

2.2.3. Other birds with different beaks can't do this.

3. How is the beak useful to the eagle?

4. Eagle

4.1. What kind of beak does the eagle have?

4.1.1. The sharply pointed beak is used to bite animals at the base of their skull to kill them.

5. Woodpecker

5.1. What kind of beak does the woodpecker have?

5.1.1. It has a very sharp beak.

5.2. How is the beak useful to the woodpecker?

5.2.1. It can help the woodpecker to get bugs deep inside tree trunks.

5.2.2. Other birds with different beaks can't do this.