Increase in Beak Deformities Could Signal Influx of Pollutants
Photo credit: Carly & Art / Creative Commons Bird’s with strange , elongated, beaks, crossed beaks, elongated claws, and uncommon skin and feather coloration are turning up with increasing frequency in Alaska and the Northwest. The trend, dubbed “avian keratin disorder” by researchers, is alarming and, at the moment, it’s cause is unknown. However, in the past, such outbreaks of mutations and deformities in b… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Increase in Beak Deformities Could Signal Influx of Pollutants
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