Bohemian Waxwing
For most of the year waxwings inhabit coniferous forests within the very northly boreal belt running from Scandinavia, through to Russia and parts of North America, where they feed mostly on mosquitoes and midges.
During the winter months that all changes; they migrate on mass further south and feast on berries. Typically they consume 800-1000 berries a day, the equivalent of twice their body weight, and in search of them lead a seemingly carefree normadic existence; hence the name Bohemian. They have an extroadinary ability to stretch out horizontally to reach the berries. By means of specialised arrow-head shaped tongues they then pull them to the back of their mouths. They are also able to metabolise the alcohol in the femented fruit of berries, and notoriously are prone to getting drunk.
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Bohemian Waxwing
For most of the year waxwings inhabit coniferous forests within the very northly boreal belt running from Scandinavia, through to Russia and parts of North America, where they feed mostly on mosquitoes and midges.
During the winter months that all changes; they migrate on mass further south and feast on berries. Typically they consume 800-1000 berries a day, the equivalent of twice their body weight, and in search of them lead a seemingly carefree normadic existence; hence the name Bohemian. They have an extroadinary ability to stretch out horizontally to reach the berries. By means of specialised arrow-head shaped tongues they then pull them to the back of their mouths. They are also able to metabolise the alcohol in the femented fruit of berries, and notoriously are prone to getting drunk.
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