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Pure Science: Birds of the parrot family use their beak as third limb
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:06:59
Publish Date: 2022-05-25 08:43:13
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Biologists have discovered that birds of the parrot family, such as parakeets, macaws, cockatoos, budgies, and lovebirds, use their beaks as a third limb when climbing. The findings show that the birds have co-opted their entire feeding apparatus to give it physiological strength to facilitate tripedalism, in a completely novel and unique finding. ThePrint’s Sandhya Ramesh explains the findings.
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