Great! If you have a pet bird in the house, it shouldn't be hard to find a dropped feather. You might also get a feather from a local pet store. Ask a parent for help with this, okay? Not in the mood, huh? Okay. But if you change your mind, come back! As Tink would say, looking at feathers makes me all flap-happy! Amazing, huh? Of course I'm here! Did you check out a feather and see the barbs? Yes. Not yet. Is Kit here? Find a feather and look at the rows of barbs. Be sure to ask a parent for help with this quest. If you couldn't get a feather, that's okay. Keep trying! Have you ever wondered how birds can flap their wings hard enough to fly, but their feathers don't blow apart in all that wind? You need to look at a feather real close. It has all these little ridges in neat rows. Those are called barbs. And the reason all those barbs don't pull apart from each other is because they have tiny HOOKS! Those hooks, called barbules, hold the whole feather together! Neat, huh? Hey, go find a feather and look for the barbs. They're easy to see. The hooks, or barbules, are too small to see; but they're there! Want to look at a feather? Kit wants you to find a feather and look at the rows of barbs, all held in place by tiny hooks called barbules. Find a feather and look at the rows of barbs. They're held together by tiny hooks called barbules. Ask a parent for help with this, okay? What was I doing again? step0_intro_0 step0_intro_1 step0_intro_2 step0_intro_3 accept_0 decline_0 step0_unfinishedResponse_15505_0 step0_finishedResponse_15505_0 step0_correct_15505_0 step0_incorrect_15505_0 reward_0_0