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AN ANATOMICAL MISCELLANY <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

A wrybill\u2019s beak <\/h4>\n\n
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The wrybill uses its unique bill to find prey amongst shingle <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Tweet of the Day <\/em>
<\/strong>Sir David Attenborough presents the wrybill <\/p>\n\n

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BE THEY LONG, SHORT, CHUNKY, delicate, pointy, straight or curved, beaks are almost always symmetrical. The aptly-named wrybill, a plover endemic to New Zealand, is the only species whose beak bends to one side \u2013 always to the right. The function of the asymmetry remains mysterious. It might allow the bill to be used like a spatula to scrape invertebrate food from the curved undersides of pebbles. <\/p>\n\n

Stuart <\/strong>Blackman <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

WRYBILL: PAUL R. STERRY\/NATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS LTD\/ALAMY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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