About mammals, birds and their horny...
... beaks =)Extracted kindly from Energetics and Metabolism
" ... Mammals have various shapes of teeth, which serve different purposes. Some of the teeth types include incisors for gnawing, tusks for fighting and piercing, canines for tearing and piercing, and molars for grinding. Some gastropod mollusks have a radula, for tearing or grazing. Birds on the other hand, have horny beaks, which vary in shape and size according to the type of food they eat. The beak will capture the food which is then swallowed and passed into a crop for storage, and then on to the gizzard, which often contains small stones, for grinding... "
Scientists really don't make good writers, do they? =)
posted by nemesis @ 1:06 PM
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