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A bound juvenile toucan is found duct-taped underneath the dashboard ... “Smuggling endangered birds by sedating them, ...
A toucan's beak has a rich supply of blood vessels running along its surface so the bird's bill is suited to act as a means of radiating heat to keep the core temperature of the body stable ...
Carlos Abundez allegedly attempted to smuggle 14 live toucans across the U.S.-Mexico border. The birds are protected and can ...
A San Ysidro man who allegedly tried to smuggle 14 live toucans across the border while the birds were hidden inside his car ...
Researchers say the toucan can use its beak to regulate its temperature. Thiago Filadelpho via Science. July 23, ... So they photographed the birds — which don't sweat — with heat-sensing cameras.
NPR's Scott Simon takes a moment to note that a toucan in Costa Rica that had part of its beak destroyed is getting a new one made from a 3-D printer.
The toucan beak isn’t just beautiful, it’s also an adjustable thermal radiator that the bird uses to warm and cool itself. Researchers have discovered that the toucan can heat and cool its ...
A man suspected of attempting to smuggle 14 live, bound Keel-billed toucans at the U.S-Mexico border was charged Tuesday in ...
These birds don’t just use their beaks for eating or survival; ... The Toco Toucan can adjust blood flow to its beak, essentially using it like a built-in air conditioner.
Archaeologists in Peru have discovered the burial of an elite woman with remarkable grave goods, including decorative crafts made from a toucan's beak and macaw feathers. The woman lived sometime ...
The California man allegedly bound and hid 14 juvenile birds inside the dashboard of his car, federal prosecutors said ...