Wednesday, December 11, 2013

The Diet of the Bird of Paradise

The Bird of Paradise has up to 40 different species. Their diet though, doesn't vary much. The is only known in a few parts of the world. The place with the highest number of these beautiful birds is New Guinea. New Guinea offers these birds the perfect climate they need, and an abundant food source.The Food
We all imagine that the food of the Bird of Paradise will be strawberry daiquiris, caviar, and lobster. Sadly, all Paradise bird species would die off quickly if that were true... flying into trees and dying from heart attacks from never getting out of their beach chairs. The food of this specie is much more appropriate, and something they find delicious.There are over 40 different species of these beautiful birds, as mentioned above and their diets vary. The majority of the species though, find that wild tropical fruits mixed with arthropods (invertebrate creatures which have an external skeleton) are more than suitable to keep their bellies full. The amount of each type of food is dependent on the species.Some of the species find themselves almost completely surrounded by fruit, making it the staple of their diet. Other species may find themselves in an area that has less fruit and more arthropods. There are over one million different arthropod species, making it a prime diet for the beautiful birds inhabiting New Guinea.The Bird of Paradise's opportunistic eating habits are similar to that of its mating habits. Most of these species are monogamous or polygamous, depending on the species... and the bird. Some of the species use the number game to get more edible food by the end of the day, while other birds find it more comfortable to have one just one mate and two sets of eyes and wings looking for food. The form of polygamy that is practiced by this type of bird is anything but paradise, though.The male birds gather together and take up defensive positions. Any male that intrudes on another's space is attacked. The few lucky birds that keep their ground get to have their pick of the females. This can happen as often as every day during the mating season. It gets so furious that looking for food and other resources comes second to the fight for feathered glory and the chance to reproduce.The majority of species live in New Guinea, and are not found in many other places in the world. It is a fact that is missed by many of the New Guinea locals, and understandably so. When you have a large abundance of any resource, be it natural or otherwise, it is hard to imagine that the rest of the world doesn't also possess the same thing. The bird's jungle habitat is logged more and more each year, limiting their food supply. On top of this, hunters in the past, and now poachers, have trapped and hunted some species of the bird to endangered levels. If this continues, some of the most beautiful species of the Bird of Paradise may disappear off the face of the planet fore

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