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The hoatzin is a folivore—it eats the leaves (and to a lesser degree, the fruits and flowers) of the plants that grow in its marshy and riverine habitat. It clambers around along the branches in its search for food. The hoatzin uses a leathery “bump” on the bottom of its crop to help balance its weight on the branches.
Inopinaves is a clade of neoavian birds recovered in a compressive genomic systematic study using nearly 200 species in 2015. It contains the clades Opisthocomiformes and Telluraves (core landbirds); the study shows that the hoatzin diverged from other birds 64 million years ago. [2]
The poachers admitted to having killed at least 26 of the 76 Javan rhinos for their horns. Rhino horns are in high demand on the black market and may sell for as much as $11,000 an ounce .
Hoatzin hatch with two visible claws on their wings, but the claws fall out once the birds reach maturity. Crocodilians survived the K–Pg extinction event that killed off the non-avian dinosaurs. Tuatara are reptiles, yet retain more primitive characteristics than lizards and snakes.
Sheinelle Jones revealed on Wednesday, Jan. 15 that she is taking an extended break from the Today show to deal with a family health matter. And while she did not disclose the nature of the issue ...
The good news for the milkvetch plant is that they usually need wildfire to sprout — meaning dormant seeds now have a massive new habitat for a new crop of the rare shrub.
After this, the digesta is moved to the true stomach, the abomasum. This is the gastric compartment of the ruminant stomach. The abomasum is the direct equivalent of the monogastric stomach, and digesta is digested here in much the same way. This compartment releases acids and enzymes that further digest the material passing through.
A mass grave discovered last December in a suburb of Guadalajara with dozens of bags of dismembered body parts contained the remains of 24 people, Mexican authorities said Sunday.. Six of them ...