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From: Margery Ziff (margery.ziff@lakesideschool.org)
Date: Thu Feb 03 2000 - 12:25:36 EST

  • Next message: Iselin Middle School: "challenge question # 2"

    How can owls leave their eggs in the cold of February?

    Our class thought that that there were probably two parts ot this
    answer. One: Owls line their nests with insulating downy feathers so
    the eggs are in a very warm place and two, the body temperature of the
    sitting parent owl helps to warm up the eggs long enough so that the
    parent can make a quick trip away from the nest. They didn't know how
    long a time would be safe before the eggs would freeze, but agreed there
    might be some "window of opportunity" where the parent could take off
    for a short bit.



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