Can You Guess the Name of This Long-Necked Bird?

This week, we head to the tropics, looking for a single genus of birds that like the water.

Snakebird
Pasindu Ranasinghe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Learn more about snakebirds as Professor Barry Mins studies kinds that may have been on the Ark.

1. This bird can be found in ________ areas.
2. There are only four species in this kind and one of them is __________.
3. They are still able to fly when they have ___ feathers.
4. Their ________ resist becoming waterlogged.
5. They are semi-__________.
6. These birds enjoy _______—using sticks, seed pods, and feathers to pass the time.
7. Snakebirds are less _______ underwater than many other water birds.
8. Snakebirds are great ________.
9. _______ are a regular food source.
10. This week’s kind is the Anhingidae—the _________ kind.

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