Birds that eat flesh.

Duration: 6 min

Year Published: 1953

Creator: Crawley Films, Ltd. International Film Bureau

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Divides birds that eat flesh into two groups: hunter by day, as typified by the many varieties of hawks, and hunters by night, of which the owl family is the outstanding example. Shows the many kinds of hawks and owls and the special characteristics that enable them to eat flesh, such as the hooked bill and powerful talons.

Complete Record: Explains how the physical structure of birds is adapted to the food they eat. Shows members of the hawk family, which hunt by day, and calls attention to their strong wings, talons, and sharp hooked bill. Shows night hunters which have the sharp hooked bill and powerful large talons of the hawks. Explains that they rely on keen night vision and sensitive hearing to locate prey, and draws attention to the soft downy feathers on wing tips which make flight noiseless. No other credits available.

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)

This film is not rare.

4 users have this film:
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Library of Congress, Oddball Film and Video, Prelinger Archives

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