{"id":1178,"date":"2020-07-12T20:46:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T20:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/?page_id=1178"},"modified":"2020-09-08T14:30:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T14:30:17","slug":"wings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/ch18\/wings\/","title":{"rendered":"More to explore about winged creatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Chapter 18, Dorothy calls on the Winged Monkeys to help the friends travel across the desert.<\/p>\n<p>Explore these websites and videos to find out more about creatures with wings.<\/p>\n<p>The first flying creatures were insects that looked a lot like dragonflies. Pterosaurs (flying reptiles) evolved 228 million years ago and their fossils have been found all over the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"King of the Skies | Walking with Dinosaurs in HQ | BBC Earth\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bP3JkC0FyMI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dkfindout.com\/uk\/dinosaurs-and-prehistoric-life\/dinosaurs\/archaeopteryx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archaeopteryx\u00a0<\/a>is one of the earliest creatures that had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dkfindout.com\/uk\/dinosaurs-and-prehistoric-life\/dinosaurs\/archaeopteryx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">feathers<\/a>. Different types of feathers help to control flight, although they can sometimes cause problems too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wonderopolis.org\/wonder\/Can-Birds-Fly-in-the-Rain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Can birds fly in the rain<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Apart from birds, the only other modern creatures that really fly are insects (e.g. bees and wasps, dragonflies, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dkfindout.com\/uk\/animals-and-nature\/insects\/how-ladybirds-fly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ladybirds<\/a>) and bats.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The truth about bats - Amy Wray\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z8wLQ3NCBgg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Many creatures have evolved to glide from tree to tree in rainforests, like flying squirrels, flying snakes and flying frogs.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><strong>Challenge yourself!<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Try this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rspb.org.uk\/fun-and-learning\/for-kids\/games-and-activities\/online-games-for-kids\/feather-frenzy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feather Frenzy quiz from the RSPB<\/a>. Can you identify which part of a bird each of the feathers comes from?<\/p>\n<p>You can also look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help with Challenges<\/a> page to come up with your own winged challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Chapter 18, Dorothy calls on the Winged Monkeys to help the friends travel across the desert. Explore these websites and videos to find out more about creatures with wings. The first flying creatures were insects that looked a lot like dragonflies. Pterosaurs (flying reptiles) evolved 228 million years ago and their fossils have been &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/ch18\/wings\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">More to explore about winged creatures<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1178","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1178"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1584,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1178\/revisions\/1584"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}