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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

A nice example of their usefulness are these contrasting illustrations of the head tongue of the Great Flamingo, which Birkhead writes about as an anatomical curiosity and a reputed culinary delicacy. The drawing on the left is from 1714, the one on the right is the result of Birkhead’s own dissection.