• Question: Have you got an idea of what energy comes in he food that birds eat

    Asked by Kai A to Alex on 13 Mar 2017. This question was also asked by x_Jess_x.
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      Alex Evans answered on 13 Mar 2017:


      Yes! The amount of calories in food is the amount of energy it contains.

      We measure how much energy is used up by a bird to fly by measuring its breathing, as birds need to consume oxygen in order to turn the energy they’ve gotten from the food into power to move their wings!

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