{"id":26524,"date":"2023-07-06T10:58:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=26524"},"modified":"2023-07-06T10:58:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:58:21","slug":"discovery-july-2023","status":"publish","type":"issue","link":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/issue\/discovery-july-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery &#8211; July 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are about 10,000 species of birds around the world. Some birds, like ostriches, are flightless, can reach heights of 6 to 10 feet, and weigh up to 300 pounds. Other birds, such as the wandering Albatross, have wingspans measuring 8 to 12 feet, can weigh more than 25 pounds, and fly hundreds of miles in a single day\u2014and thousands of miles in migration over a period of several days <strong>without ever stopping<\/strong>. (That\u2019s quite amazing for a bird heavier than most turkeys!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Equally impressive to \u201cbig birds\u201d are the little birds we call \u201chummingbirds.\u201d There are an estimated 350 species of hummingbirds in the world, which range in size from 2 to 9 inches in length and .07 ounces to .85 ounces in weight. <strong>Giant<\/strong> hummingbirds have a wingspan the length of a pencil and <strong>weigh less than one<\/strong>! That\u2019s right, even the <strong>biggest<\/strong> hummingbirds weigh less than a standard postcard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/hummingbirds\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/issue\/?taxonomy=publication&amp;term=discovery\">Past Articles<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are about 10,000 species of birds around the world. Some birds, like ostriches, are flightless, can reach heights of 6 to 10 feet, and weigh up to 300 pounds. Other birds, such as the wandering Albatross, have wingspans measuring 8 to 12 feet, can weigh more than 25 pounds, and fly hundreds of miles&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/issue\/discovery-july-2023\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"age-group":[171],"publication":[249],"class_list":["post-26524","issue","type-issue","status-publish","hentry","age-group-kids","publication-discovery"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/26524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/issue"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"age-group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/age-group?post=26524"},{"taxonomy":"publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication?post=26524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}