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In New Guinea, There’s A Bird That Can Poison You With Its Feathers
So, how does a bird get its feathers on such a powerful substance? It all comes down to diet, as you see pitohuis eat a poison-carrying beetle that lives in New Guinea. When the birds eat the ...
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Meet 5 ‘Poisonous Birds’ Of Nature—Introduced In 6 Beautiful Sketches
Poison is a well-known defense mechanism ... Homobatrachotoxin, found in the skin and feathers of pitohui birds of New Guinea, was once thought ... [+] to only exist in the skin of South American ...
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In New Guinea, There’s A Bird That Can Poison You With Its Feathers
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