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Juvenile Cuckoo - Cuculidae

Over time, a cuckoo's stomach becomes matted with caterpillar hairs that stick in the lining. Eventually this felt becomes so dense that it inhibits digestion, so the cuckoo sheds its whole stomach lining and grows it anew.

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Uploaded on September 28, 2019
Taken on September 27, 2019