Getting the Bill – Taste, Touch and Smell in Birds
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2012
Sword-billed Hummingbird , Colombia Bills come in all shapes and sizes. Whilst catfish have around 100,000 taste buds, rabbits around 17,000 and humans approximately 9,000, birds rarely exceed 100 of these receptors. This is particularly useful for a bird with small eyes that hunts under the soil surface at night.
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