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.
Fruit is a botanical (scientific) term, vegetable is a culinary (cooking) term. There is no such thing as a vegetable in botany. In botany, pumpkin is a fruit because it is the 'fruit' of it's plant (produces the seeds) just like a pepper or corn.It's dissimilar to a carrot or beet which are 'roots' or celery which is the plant itself or lettuce which is the leaves of a plant. They are only called vegetables with respect to eating them.t actually has the properties of both fruit and vegetable. Anything that grows on trees and has seeds in them is called a fruit. Pumpkins come from the squash family of fruits.Some people use pumpkin for cooking also and that is why the confusion arises if it is a fruit or vegetable.