MIT solves gravity-defying bird beak mystery
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 15:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
As Darwin showed nearly 150 years ago, bird beaks are exquisitely adapted to the birds' feeding strategy. A team of MIT researchers has now explained exactly how some birds use their long, thin beaks to defy gravity and transport food into their mouths.
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