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Parrots Climb Using Three Limbs, Thereby Violating The ‘Forbidden Phenotype’, research by a team @NYIT, published by @RoyalSociety @RSocPublishing #ProcB
#Parrots #biomechanics #evolution #climbing #scicomm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/05/18/parrots-climb-using-three-limbs-thereby-violating-the-forbidden-phenotype/
@grrlscientist If you have ever shared your life with a parrot (of any size), as I did for 26 years (miss her a LOT)... you kinda already knew this... but this was a fun read, and her exploration of the mechanics was interesting.
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@grrlscientist no news to parrot owners. i have lots of scars on my arm from a parrot beaking his way up to my shoulder.