By birdadmin October 13, 2014 Care and Feeding No Comments. Many people are surprised to learn that birds, primarily parrot breeds, live a long time. On average, pet birds live between 20 and 80 years, which compared with mammals of same or larger size is quite remarkable. Amazing I think! Birds also have a high metabolic rate, body temperature, and high resting glucose, which is why experts believe they outlive mammals.
Usage To most of us, a fruit is a plant part that is eaten as a dessert or snack because it is sweet, but to someone who studies botany a fruit is a mature ovary of a plant, and as such it may or may not taste sweet. All species of flowering plants produce fruits that contain seeds.
Definition of pear. 1  1 : a pome fruit of a tree (genus Pyrus, especially P. communis) of the rose family that typically has a pale green or brownish skin, a firm juicy flesh, and an oblong shape in which a broad base end tapers upward to a narrow stem end. 2  2 : a tree bearing pears.