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Birds of Prey
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Find out why Birds of Prey are such great hunters on this Science Trek episode.
Birds of Prey are raptors, which means they are great hunters. What makes a bird of prey so skilled at capturing prey? How are these birds different from other kinds of birds? On this episode of Science Trek, host Joan Cartan-Hansen and her guest scientists, Greg Kaltenecker and Bill Heinrich answer students’ questions of Birds of Prey
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Birds of Prey
Special | 28m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Birds of Prey are raptors, which means they are great hunters. What makes a bird of prey so skilled at capturing prey? How are these birds different from other kinds of birds? On this episode of Science Trek, host Joan Cartan-Hansen and her guest scientists, Greg Kaltenecker and Bill Heinrich answer students’ questions of Birds of Prey
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