THE POWER OF WINGS

To live and survive in the wild

An episode from the series ANIMAL STRATEGIES

Synopsis

More than 9,000 types of birds have been identified on earth. They are often very different in size, shape and colour, but all have developed the same evolutionary strategy: 160 million years ago the front limbs of these descendants of reptiles morphed into wings.

Wings gave birds the power to fly and enabled them to colonize every environment.