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.
In common usage, âberryâ refers to any small edible fruitâusually juicy, colorful, sweet or sour, and without a pit, though it may have small seeds. This is how we are using the term. However, the botanical definition of berry is a fleshy fruit derived from a single flower and containing a single ovary. Botanically speaking, tomatoes, avocados, eggplants, grapes, watermelons, and bananas are all berries, whereas blackberries, raspberries, mulberries, and strawberries are not.