#bex pls i cant keep googling bird facts
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I have a cardinal. You mentioned that your mother loved them.
The Eleonora's Falcon immobilizes prey in rock cavities to have a fresh meal for later.
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Do you want some bird bones? Yes, I knew that. Similar as our sinuses. Did you know that some birds have a salt gland, as reptiles do, while allows for the secretion of salt? This allows them to filter any saltwater they consume.
I'd love some bird bones! โ[user doesn't want bird bones, even a little, but feels like it would be rude to decline.] Yeah, exactly! I didn't know that, that's really cool. I read that their bones are actually denser than mammal bones, even though they're hollow. Isn't that cool? It gives them a high strength-to-weight ratio.
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