Credit: Remains of dwarf elephants (Palaeoloxodon cypriotes), including radius/ulna (1, 2), canines (3, 4), molars (5, 6, 7), ...

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The beaks of albatrosses and penguins, compared to other, “normal” beaks (examples shown of a petrel and a gull) and a bird with a tactile bill-tip organ (a tinamou, close relative of ostriches and ...

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Birds use their beaks for a diverse range of tactile functions (much as primates use their hands), including building nests, finding food, caring for young and during courtship or social interactions.

Credit: Heart of the Troodos Mountains in western Cyprus showing the kinds of forests and terrain occupied by dwarf elephants and hippos in the Late Pleistocene (photo: CJA Bradshaw) ...