EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -So, the correct answer is ‘Birds’. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-2: -Other animals are warm-blooded (mammals), lay eggs (insects and fish), or have wings (insects and bats) but only birds have feathers and all birds have feathers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Animals have feathers, scales or hair on their skin. Ducks and chickens have feathers on their skin. Fishes, snakes and lizards have scales on their skin.

Detailed explanation-4: -Birds are the only living animals to have feathers. The only other animals known to have these colorful appendages were their ancestors: the non-avian dinosaurs.

Detailed explanation-5: -The long flight feathers are called primaries, the shorter flight feathers are called secondaries, and the small feathers that cover their bases are called coverts. Learning the names of these different feather areas helps you to describe the birds you see.