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Fw: [BIRDING-AUS] Bird Tongues

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Subject: Fw: [BIRDING-AUS] Bird Tongues
From: "Tony Russell" <>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 20:26:55 +1030
ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>Adelaide birding by 4WD&nbsp; <BR>phone: 08 8337 5959<BR>e-mail: <A href="mailto:"></A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:" title=>Tony Russell</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:" title=>Bill Moorhead</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 12, 2001 5:39 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [BIRDING-AUS] Bird Tongues</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>OK Bill, but <U><EM>do </EM></U>they taste what they eat?&nbsp; Like, how does a seabird "taste" a fish when the taste is really inside the fish; how does a fruit dove "taste" a large fruit when it swallows it whole and doesn't break the skin? Are you suggesting there is enough "taste" on the outside to let the bird know it's swallowing the right gear? Do you know of any documentary evidence wherein birds have been checked out for taste?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Or even smell?&nbsp; Must admit we hadn't considered these other sensory cues.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tony.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Adelaide birding by 4WD&nbsp; <BR>phone: 08 8337 5959<BR>e-mail: <A href="mailto:"></A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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