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.
citrus(Noun) Any of several shrubs or trees of the family Rutaceae. citrus(Noun) The fruit of such plants, generally spherical, oblate, or prolate, consisting of an outer glandular skin called zest, an inner white skin, and generally between 8 and 16 sectors filled with pulp consisting of cells with one end attached to the inner skin.