All About the Roadrunner

by Jack

Table of Contents

Introduction........................Characteristics..................Habitat...............................Diet....................................Behavior............................Defense.............................Life Cycle..........................Conclusion........................About the Author...............

Introduction

This book will tell you information about roadrunners.

Characteristics

The roadrunner is a bird with 2 long legs, a long tail. On its feet there are 2 toes pointing forward and 2 toes pointing backwards. The roadrunner is a blue and brown color with striped patterning. The roadrunner stands about 2 feet tall.

Habitat

The roadrunner lives in the desert of hot states and also it lives in the grasslands.

Diet

The roadrunner eats insects, fruit, seeds, small reptiles, snakes, small mammals, spiders, scorpions, centipedes, millipedes, mice and small birds.

Behavior

The roadrunner runs on roads. That's how it got the name "roadrunner."

It can run 15 miles per hour.

Defense

The roadrunner runs away from its predators and hides behind rocks.

Life Cycle

The roadrunner begins as an egg. It hatches into a baby and then grows in childhood until it is a matures into an adult.

Adults then reproduce and lay eggs.

Conclusion

People build houses in the roadrunner's habitat and then the roadrunner cannot find anywhere to live. We have to take care of them.