Birds seem to get scared by everything that moves...except for most other birds. How come?
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I think it depends on the type of bird you are talking about and also if the birds are wild or domestic or for that matter used to having humans around.\nLarge birds generally dont scare so easily, especially if they are used to humans. Like parrots for example.\nSome many times I have come across pigeons just crossing the road leisurely even though I'm driving towards it. And some of them dont even fly until I honk at them.\nThe tiny birds generally scare more easily. But when I traveled to London the sparrows actually fed from the palm of my hand. Whereas I have 2 finches at home and although they think they are humans, they just dont let me touch them! LOL! I love them alot!
434100
Birds have ears, however they do not stick out like ours. Birds will die anywhere. If they all went somewhere special there would be an enormous pile of dead birds somewhere and I have not yet heard of "Dead Bird Mountain".
652147
Well, they have no problem evading predators, and they're _very_ aggressive, no matter their size. \nBut hummingbirds simply cannot walk or stand on the ground. The reason is that their legs and feet are built in such a manner that they can only perch on small-diameter twigs (and cables, ropes, etc.). \nTheir legs are extremely short, and their small feet have long curved claws that do not allow them to walk or even hop. \nYou can see what their feet look like here: http://www.hiltonpond.org/images/RTHUHYMPerched01small.jpg
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i did a small unit in animal behaviour and physiology and from what i remember .. birds have a much narrower vision (acuity of vision) which enables them to detect preys for examples from large distances while flying .. thats all i know, it not ... mm .. that informative.. but i hope it helped .. lol
742015
im afraid of some insects, not for the same reason though\ni just dont like small/fast-moving bugs?
154732
I'm afraid of flying insects with stingers-especially wasps\nand hornets. It dates back to my childhood,I got stung a few\ntimes. Lizards,snakes,spiders etc. have never particularly\nbothered me.
328283
I bet I have seen more platypus than the lot of you put together and i have never heard any noise apart from the gentle splash as they duck (no pun intended) beneath the surface. However, if you were to be stung by a male platypus in the breeding season you would make a LOT of noise. They are the most venomous mammals in the world.
567291
It's because it makes their fur stick to them and they hate the feeling of it. It has to do with the way the fur mats up. I am not sure why!
930845
It's probably just fluke but who knows? They do feed off of fear you know ghosts and things! do, do, do, do :D
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Moths. Yes I know they are virtually harmless and do not even bite, but I am just scared sh*tless every time I see one of those creepy things fluttering towards me. The reason why I am so scared of them is because when I was about 13 my sister and my dad and I went camping. We had a paddle boat with up and my sister and I decided to take it out onto the lake after sunset. WELL. We got out on the lake and were paddling around when we turned on the flashlights. Moths like the stars. EVERYWHERE! In my hair, crawling all over me. My sister and naturally freaked out and I have been afraid ever sense.
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Animals don't have phobia's.  A phobia is an irrational fear.  An animal may and should have a rational fear of an enclosed space, such as fear of the unknown, why are they stuck there now?  But an IRRATIONAL fear?  No, they don't have the brain capacity for it.  Most of their response are learned behaviors, such as someone lunging at them and pulling back, gives them a flight response when someone comes near, etc.  But all of these responses are again, learned.\n\nhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-25352,00.html\nThe above website is a list of animals that learned phobias from being hit with cars, or fear of heights, etc.
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The above answers are correct, though probably not what you're asking about since you're asking why don't other birds as well. Well, first off, geese don't travel in V's, they travel in lines, which uses the same principles, just to a lesser extent, but that's neither here not there.\n\nThe main reason is size: ducks and geese are the only birds that are really big enough for the "drafting" to have an effect. All moving objects create the same wind based on their weight and size, so imagine a sparrow trying to draft another sparrow - it'd have to be basically eating the other one's feet. Additionally, smaller birds travel more erratically as opposed to the straight path of larger birds.\n\nThe other reason only birds and geese utilize this is because they're the main birds that migrate - for a bird that never travels more than 2-3 miles at a time, efficiency isn't exactly a necessity, but for birds that travel 600 miles every winter, maximizing energy is a must.
201437
some wildlife "experts" consider themselves to be very knowledgeable of the creatures they are around. they do have mishaps, but generally if you're calm and careful nothing will happen. if anything he gets hyped up on adrenaline doing what he does.
915195
Good question. Perhaps birds, their main predator, are sleeping at that time making it more safe to forage for food or collect nectar and so forth. So then why don't all bugs just do that? Not a question that is easily answered. Perhaps other bugs are much better at escaping becoming lunch or reproduce more rapidly. I am not positive about that. Bugs, and sometimes a lot of animals, don't always do things that would seem logical to a human being. But the way the question is posed it does make it appear as though the moths are somehow contradicting themselves or doing this that don't seem totally logical.
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i'm afraid or rats and cockroaches. yuck! i almost scare to death when i see rats, and flying cockroches(yeeewww!!!) and i have to check my fingernails, before i go to school three to four times. wierd, eh??
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It depends on the type of bird. Many bird fly to another area. Some birds take cover on the ground. Not all bird escape the wrath of a tornado. After a tornado struck our farm, my father was cleaning up the fallen trees in one of our corrals and found that the several members of the flock of turkeys that had been roosting in them were dead on the ground, having never left the trees in which they were roosting.
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Some of them are in my garden, others are down by the canal.   Are you short of sparrows?\n\nIt's difficult to count baby sparrows cos they won't sit still but it does seem like there's not quite as many as usual.  I blame the late spring.   The swans have only managed half their usual number of chicks; maybe the sparrows had similar trouble.\n\nThe bluetits are doing OK though (what a bleepin' racket...)