Tuesday 10 June 2014

Amazing birds with teeth....-a tour!!!

Do birds have teeth…?what .? sounds funny...Thats true there are birds with teeth.......

There are about 9865 species of birds today alive, according to IUCN , of which about 1200 , "a quite alarming number" of birds are considered threatened with extinction. The feathers are very unique to birds even though nocturnal bats have..The highlight is that the birds use the feathers to protect themselves from the harmful UV rays. Indeed I mean that the birds are not the only animals that are capable of flight.So, its common that the bird shave feathers but TEETH..Sounds pretty but then most ecologists say that the teeth and tongue are for mammals not for the birds. But researchers and bird lovers have identified birds with tongue and teeth.Wow what a surprise….!

1.       The Grey leg goose ---It is common in the parts of Europe and western Asia.The  grayleg has a bark that’s unimaginable and awesome. It is one of the species to which the African-Eurasian Migratory Birds’ Agreement applies!These birds have Tomia , the tooth that are found along the outer edge of their beaks and they help in picking and clipping their food.



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      The devilish Grin ,a nice white bird has a tooth like dentition neatly arranged than for a Greyleg goose..Dont you see..?




       The Toucan chew the bird with a very enlarged beak that has a badly strongest teeth makes it look even wilder!!!


So what.. the birds had teeth I mean from the very ancient Archaeopteryx to Pelagornithidae. But now as centuries  rolled on birds are without teeth…Researchers say that it helps the going air borne  but there begs the question losing teeth doesnot reduce much of its weight…what do you say……??

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