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Hornbills have great big beaks – and often bigger casques on top of those beaks – which certainly make it easy to remember their dinosaur origins. But don’t let their appearance intimidate you: at the end of the day, the real defining feature of hornbills may be their role as interspecies besties with mongooses.
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animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/hornbill
animaldiversity.org/accounts/Buceros_bicornis
whitehawkbirding.com/hornbills-and-toucans-convergent-evolution
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youtube.com/watch?v=jd8-ac461CY
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Images:
docs.google.com/document/d/1sP6IIIdrYlUn3v_ZvR-efHjY6EUZM_oo5DgLfTDGo9Y/edit?usp=sharing
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Hornbills have great big beaks – and often bigger casques on top of those beaks – which certainly make it easy to remember their dinosaur origins. But don’t let their appearance intimidate you: at the end of the day, the real defining feature of hornbills may be their role as interspecies besties with mongooses.
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This month's pin is designed by Rosemary Mosco. You can find out more about her and her work here: rosemarymosco.com
You can cancel any time by emailing hello@dftba.com
Follow us on socials:
Instagram: instagram.com/bizarrebeastsshow
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Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social
#BizarreBeasts #birds #hornbills
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Sources:
animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/hornbill
animaldiversity.org/accounts/Buceros_bicornis
whitehawkbirding.com/hornbills-and-toucans-convergent-evolution
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/bucero1/cur/introduction
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/bucorv1/cur/introduction
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00211.x
sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/51-depth-perception
animaldiversity.org/accounts/Casuarius_casuarius
animaldiversity.org/accounts/Chamaeleo_calyptratus
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00188.x
web.archive.org/web/20071007190608/http://www.orientalbirdclub.org/publications/forktail/13pdfs/Shankar-Hornbill.pdf
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10211-010-0085-2
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1994.tb05262.x
xeno-canto.org/964073
xeno-canto.org/730949
xeno-canto.org/269830
naturalhistorycuriosities.com/birds/the-evolutionary-wonders-of-the-hornbill-beak-and-casque
jstor.org/stable/3881291
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/00306525.2018.1468360
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1998.tb04716.x
merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commensalism
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rspb.2003.2619
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/bf00290770
doi.org/10.1007/BF01047264
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1146609X11000178
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jav.02748
academic.oup.com/jeb/article-abstract/24/7/1533/7318701
youtube.com/watch?v=jd8-ac461CY
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Images:
docs.google.com/document/d/1sP6IIIdrYlUn3v_ZvR-efHjY6EUZM_oo5DgLfTDGo9Y/edit?usp=sharing
