Mary’s Monday Metazoan: The antithesis of January in Minnesota

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   Markita Lynda—threadrupt

   7 January 2013 at 10:35 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Wow, that’s beautiful.

   Did you know they eat clay to get their minerals?

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   chigau (無味ない)

   7 January 2013 at 10:48 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   pretty pretty

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   Glen Davidson

   7 January 2013 at 10:50 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Did you know they eat clay to get their minerals?

   More likely to detoxify poisons in what they eat.

   Glen Davidson

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   Glen Davidson

   7 January 2013 at 10:54 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   More likely to detoxify poisons in what they eat.

   Hm, maybe not. Wiki notes a study that casts doubt, suggesting that sodium is what macaws are going for in the clay licks. Minerals, or at least one crucial mineral.

   Glen Davidson

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   chigau (無味ない)

   7 January 2013 at 10:55 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   The poisons go into the feathers.
   Do their predators eat the feathers?

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   Crudely Wrott

   7 January 2013 at 11:36 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   If I looked that sharp I’d fly too.

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   eyeoffaith

   8 January 2013 at 6:26 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   It looks like being in Australia (Queensland) every month of the year.

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   coozoe

   8 January 2013 at 7:42 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Pet release or escape?

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   Puzzled

   8 January 2013 at 8:44 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   It is a beautiful work of photography and a beautiful animal.

   Incidentally, I used the exact same picture as a template when my mother asked me to paint her garage door with macaws (you may notice that one of the left wing’s primaries seems broken or shortened).

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    David Marjanović

    8 January 2013 at 9:13 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Over here, winter is scheduled to return on Saturday.

    Pet release or escape?

    Brazil. The antithesis of {January in Minnesota}.

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    vaiyt

    8 January 2013 at 10:35 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I’m sad that, in the past, I contributed to animal trafficking. I had two tamarins as pets (bought by my uncle). Such lovable creatures. I still miss them, but would never have another.

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    cicely (The Stressor of Two Easels)(HA!)

    8 January 2013 at 10:50 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Pretty bird!
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