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Let's talk about bird tongues (2014) toughlittlebirds.com

Optimal_Persona11 hours ago

Here's some nice relaxing mood music as background for the discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVb2tnFN5AA

veunesa day ago

Wow... geese and ducks filter food like baleen whales

ge96a day ago

Hummingbirds and woodpeckers... why

fiforpga day ago

Yeah, the best part is that a woodpecker's tongue wraps all the way around the back of his head and attaches in the right nostril. The head effectively serves as a spool for the tongue. Awesome technology.

zonkerdonkera day ago

Not only that, but it the way it wraps around their skull acts like a shock dampener for their brain when they peck. Their skulls experience something like 1200g during a peck, humans get a serious concussion around 60g. Evolution is wild

veunesa day ago

It seems straight out of science fiction

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