Their upper bill can open upwards at the tip, allowing them to catch and guide the prey down the bill without opening all the way. This allows them to catch and swallow their prey without removing their bills from the mud.

What is unique about the Greater Painted Snipe' bill?

YES, they guide humans or larger mammals to bee colonies !

Question : Do honeyguides really guide ??

Answer : Only the males have these combs which become enlarged in the breeding season. They are probably cosmetic features used to impress females and deter potential competition. This is the usual function of these fleshy appendages, calld wattles utilized by many birds as adornments for visual communication and displays. in breeding season because of the adjustment of hormonal changes which induces growth, increased blood supply and fats which are deposited at the flaccid epidermal layers of the wattle sacks.

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         the bill increases in size during the breeding season

Question :

Why do Comb Ducks have Knob bills?

Answer:

They are a result of a parasite that eats the skin and associated fluids. The black rhino is the only rhino to suffer from this phenomenon, parasites are from the genus Filaria carried and passed on by biting insects such as flies of the horsefly group. The condition is called filariasis, cause by spuirid nematodes these slender thread like roundworms live and feed on the blood and body tissue of vertebrates. they attack the lymphatic system where the lymph nodes and lymphocytes are targeted. Toxins are released and the activity causes subcutaneous inflammation lymphatic ducts ae blocked causing backing up of lymphatic fluid passing into surrounding tissue this results in necrosis and tissue scarring. size of lesion is are linked to the age of the individual.

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 How about small filariform worm