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Come@Me: If Birds are Dinosaurs I’m a Monkey’s Uncle

10,000 Birds

In other words, you can’t say something like, “humans, gorillas, chimps, and bonobos are all in the same family and equally related to each other.” Er, I mean, to not include the whales when you collect data on food type, body size, and ranging patterns. Therefore, humans are fish with feet, right?

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Africa’s Barbets

10,000 Birds

Originally they were all placed in the family Capitonidae , but over time taxonomists have determined that actual relationships between these barbets are far more complex. Benson to collect birds. Gray-throated Barbet is one of the plainer members of the African Barbet family.

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