Dinolite+Bird+Tongues

=Bird Tongues in the Allen Centre...=

It's a pretty amazing tongue - especially under the microscope!

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 * [[image:tui_tongue-8.jpg]]

feathers.
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The feathery brush tip of the Tui's tongue.
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 * [[image:tui_tongue-5.jpg]]

back direct food down the throat.
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pulls it back again.
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 * [[image:tui_tongue-6.jpg]]

The entrance to the Tui's throat.
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mouth ensures the food only goes in one direction.
|| =A Thrush's Tongue...=

wider, moving the soil away to exposes its prey.

 * [[image:thrush_tongue-6.jpg]]

see the blood vessels?
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the thrush hold its slippery worm -food tightly..
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 * [[image:thrush_tongue-1.jpg]]

of sharp spikes to direct the worm into the throat.
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when the thrush captures prey.
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 * [[image:thrush_tongue-12.jpg width="320" height="241"]]

that is found in fingernails, hoofs, antlers and horns.
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bird's respiratory system.
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 * [[image:thrush_tongue.jpg]]

bird eats.
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out, and was changed into a singing bird.
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