“A Little Bird Told Me” … Happy Birthday Charles Darwin
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
The most commonly cited example is “Darwin’s Finch,” which filled the woodpecker niche by adopting the practice of acquiring a cactus thorn, and using this to access grubs hidden beneath the bark of trees. He noted the similarity and differences among animals found on the islands and mainland versions of the same.
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