var arrayFacts = [
"Flappers:
Birds do not flap their wings up and down when flying. Instead, their wings move forward and backward in a motion that resembles a figure 8.",
"Lost Birds:
Of all the animals that have disappeared from the face of the earth, nine out of ten have been birds.",
"Vampire Bird:
While sitting on the backs of cattle, oxpeckers use their flattened bills as combs to find ticks on the animal's hides.
Farmers appreciate the help, but the birds will continue to feed on the open wounds, drinking blood and eating tissue.
Keeping the wounds open causes infections on the cattle and farmers fear disease will be carried from one herd to another.",
"Alarm Call:
Hunters don't particularly care for the oxpecker. When predators, including hunters, are in the area, the bird sounds off an alarm call.
This not only sends the other oxpeckers flying off, but also the oxen themselves, which are what the hunters are after.",
"Leftovers:
Butcherbird is the common name for a shrike that leaves its prey impaled on barbwire fences and thorns.
If the butcherbird catches a mouse or lizard and it, or its brood, is unable to finish the meal, the butcherbird will take the leftovers and leave it hooked to a thorn or wire to be eaten later.",
"Kamikaze Bird:
Like a hammer, the peregrine falcon comes crashing down on its prey at speeds up to 180 miles an hour. About the size of a crow, the peregrine's speed allows it to kill larger birds.
Just before the peregrine hits its prey, it extends its wings to brake, rotates its feet downwards, so it can deliver the hit. The prey is instantly killed, but the falcon is moving too fast to stop to grab it.
The bird then has to slow down, change direction, and snatch the dead bird out of the air before it ever hits the ground.",
"Faster Than a Speeding Bullet:
The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest animal on earth. Although its level flight is little faster than that of many other largish birds, its diving speed is significantly greater.
A peregrine has been accurately measured attaining dive speeds of 217 mph (350 km/h) in a 45 degree stoop.",
"Bombs Away!
A soothsayer warned the poet Aeschylus that he would die from a house falling on his head.
What really fell on his head? A tortoise! One day, a golden eagle in the sky dropped a large tortoise to break its shell. Unfortunately, it landed on our hero's head.
In the Greek mountains, golden eagles are often caught on camera soaring to great heights and dropping tortoises like bombs to crack open their shells.",
"Wink, Wink, Wink:
Owls, like all birds of prey, have three eyelids.",
"Unique in an Unusual Way:
The owl is the only bird to drop its upper lid to wink; all other birds raise their lower eyelids.",
"Pest Control:
Raptors (birds of prey) are helpful to the environment because they keep rodent populations under control.
As the number of raptors dwindles, the number of rodents increases.",
"Deadly Talons:
A hawk's powerful talons not only grab animals, but their sharp claws also maim and kill the bird's prey. Its large beak then rips the food into small pieces that the bird can swallow.",
"Heavenly Hawk:
While many peoples have feared hawks over the centuries, some civilizations have worshiped hawks, and other raptor species, as gods.",
"You Say Buzzard, I Say Vulture:
A hawk is known as a buzzard in Europe, while in the United States, a vulture is often wrongly called a buzzard. ",
"A Place a Hawk Can Call Home:
There are ten different sub-species of the buzzard on the African continent, making it the most important home for the hawk, and other birds of prey.",
"Hawks on the Hunt:
In Dating back to 8,000 B.C., Ancient Egyptians brought hawks on hunting expeditions.",
"This Old Nest:
Scientists believe that hawks mate for life, couples returning to the same nest together year after year. Both male and female hawks help construct their nests. ",
"Hawk and Home:
Hawk nests are usually located up to 75 feet in the air, on the highest branches of trees.
The nest is made of branches and twigs and is quite shallow, almost flat in appearance!"];