Ratite Q's

Question 1

Where does the greater rhea live?

Answer 1

In the plains of Brazil, Boliva, and Argentina

Question 2

What age are ostriches processed?

Answer 2

12-14 months

Question 3

The ostrich has 1 long toe, what is it used for?

Answer 3

to lash out at preditors

Question 4

What year were ostriches raised commercially?

Answer 4

1850

Question 5

What color of feathering do female ostiches have?

Answer 5

brownship-gray

Question 6

What family does the rhea come from?

Answer 6

Rheidea

Question 7

The kiwi is from what family?

Answer 7

Apterygicks

Question 8

Where does the kiwi inhabit?

Answer 8

dense forest, swamp, wetlands, and moist forest areas

Question 9

What is Polyphyletic?

Answer 9

descended from more than one evolutiorary line.

Question 10

The kiwi is from what order?

Answer 10

Apterygiformes

Question 11

The kiwi is the National bird of?

Answer 11

New Zealand

Question 12

Where does the Lesser Rhea live?

Answer 12

The Andean foothills of Peru

Question 13

Emus are native to what country?

Answer 13

Australia

Question 14

How tall are Emus?

Answer 14

5-6 feet

Question 15

How much do Emus weigh?

Answer 15

110-140 pounds

Question 16

What is one nickname for the Rhea?

Answer 16

American ostrich, and Pampas ostrich

Question 17

How many eggs do the female emus typically lay? And what color are the eggs?

Answer 17

9-12 and dark green

Question 18

What time of our 24 hours are the kiwis out and about?

Answer 18

Night, their nocternal

Question 19

Rheas are from what order?

Answer 19

Rheiformes

Question 20

There wings are used for what? Name two.

Answer 20

cooling, balance, during running, and courtship displays