Getting the Bill – Taste, Touch and Smell in Birds
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2012
Chickens come in at around 24, pigeons have around 40-50 and some duck species may have a whopping 400. A Dominican missionary in Mozambique in the 16th century was astounded to find honeyguides eating the wax from his altar candles! Ducks are the avian leaders of bill touch.
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