Roadrunners

Today, wewill be talking about the roadrunners, which consists of two extant species,the greater roadrunner and the lesser roadrunner. Roadrunnersare usually about half a meter in length, and weigh about a third of akilogram. They are large, slender birds with long necks, tails, and legs. Theirfeathers are black and brown, but have lots of white streaks running throughthem. They have a large, dark bill, a patch of blue and or red skin behindtheir eyes, and a dark crest with white spots or streaks. The greater andlesser roadrunner are very similar to each other, the main difference would bethat the lesser roadrunner is the smaller of the two species. Roadrunnersare very fast, running at speeds of up to 32 kilometers an hour. Because ofthis, they prefer to sprint rather than fly, even though they can do both. Roadrunnersare omnivores and there are a lot of things that they will eat. They willmainly eat insects, but they can also eat reptiles, small mammals, spiders,scorpions, small birds, eggs, and plant materials like fruits and seeds.Roadrunners are very active, and will run and jump to catch prey. They willalso batter, or hit prey against the ground repeatedly to kill it. Roadrunnersare so fast that they are able to prey upon rattlesnakes. They are also able toeat tarantula hawk wasps, a type of parasitic wasp with an extremely painfulsting. For WildSuzhou, I’m Ciana, thanks for listening and see you next time.