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= Corvus Anatinus = The Corvus Anatinus is a bird. This bird is an evolution of the crow. The first Corvus Anatinus was spotted in the neighbourhood of Hernen, Netherlands. When the first scientist investigated the bird, it looked quite normal. It is the same height as a crow. When they investigated it further, they saw that the bird has teeth, and that is not very normal for birds. All of the birds known to humans, don’t have teeth, so this is new. Also, the Corvus Anatinus has bigger wings than a normal crow. That means that it can fly faster than a normal crow. When you combine the teeth and the bigger wings you can conclude that this bird can hunt for his food. To try this, it was tested with different kinds of food. The first test was with vegetables, but the bird didn’t respond to that. The second test was with a mouse and the bird reacted and grabbed the mouse. The Corvus Anatinus is a carnivore.

Etymology (origin) and Definition
The name origins from a combination of animals. At first sight, the Corvus Anatinus looked like a normal crow. The scientific name of the crow is Corvus, so that was quite simple. The beak of the bird looked like the beak of a platypus. The scientific name of a platypus is Anatinus, so when you combine that you get Corvus Anatinus.

History and Evolution
The Corvus Anatinus is an evolution of the crow. The crow got its name in 1758. The Corvus Anatinus lives in groups. The crow has made some big evolutions. Back in the day, a crow’s height was 48 cm, however, now its height is 53 cm. Also, the weight has evolved, a crow used to weigh 396 grams and now he weighs 602 grams. You can compare the evolution of a crow’s body with the evolution of a human’s body. Humans also increased in height and in weight. The first crows appeared in East Asia, from there the crow expanded to central and East Europe. The crow is split in two different species, one for East Asia and the other for Europe. The Ice Ages probably caused this split, and also eradicated some species of the crow. The crow is a very smart bird, it survives because it can easily change their diet to the environment. That is also why the crow has already been on Earth for a long time. For them, it doesn’t matter what the climate is, they just eat what the Earth gives them. They are also good at hunting, that is why they’re also called the ’predator of the birds’. The crow lays eggs and that is how they reproduce. This impressive history of the crow ensures that we now have a new kind of evolution of the crow, the Corvus Anatinus.

Habitat and Population
The Corvus Anatinus usually lives wooded areas in Europe and in the west of Asia. He lives in forests and villages that aren’t very crowded. The female lays only 4 eggs in her entire life. The Corvus Anatinus lives in groups of 60 peers. They hunt in groups at night. The Corvus Anatinus is a night hunter and mostly eats sleeping mammals and little birds. However, when they are asleep in the day, they need to hide because they fall prey to foxes and big birds like eagles and hawks. They hide in tree holes and in abandoned buildings. Their place in the food web is above smaller mammals, small birds and the small fish and under foxes and bigger birds.

Impact on the Earth
The Corvus Anatinus doesn’t have a big impact on the Earth. This is because they aren’t useful to humans. We as humans don’t eat crows, we mostly don’t have them as pets, and they don’t compete in a flying game like a pigeon could. So, they don’t have a big role in society, however they are kind of rare, because the Corvus Anatinus can live everywhere. It doesn’t matter how warm or cold it is. That has quite an impact on the animal habitat because they are everywhere. They can fly from one country to another. Most of the animals have their own habitat in their own territory, but the Corvus Anatinus lives everywhere. This means that the Corvus Anatinus can’t really become extinct, because for example, if it can’t live in a particular country, it‘ll just go to a different country. Because of this, the Corvus Anatinus is at a high level in the animal society. The Corvus Anatinus has no threat of becoming an endangered species, not from climate (change) and not from animals. In conclusion, we could say that the Corvus Anatinus doesn’t have an impact on the Earth for humans but for the animals it has a bit of impact.

Biology
The Corvus Anatinus has a similar skeleton and muscular system to a crow. The Corvus Anatinus lives mostly in evergreen trees. The female lays around 4 eggs, the eggs hatch in 18 days. Some crows live up to 20 years. They eat a lot of different foods, the teeth of the Corvus Anatinus make it possible to eat more than just a normal crow.