Rick Hall wrote:
But interesting. Perhaps birds will evolve teeth and a laterally moving lower mandible and start chewing their food?

In Southport they've already found one!

Bird with teeth found on Southport Beach

http://www.zestforbirds.co.za/skuasquid.html
(not for the squeamish!)

Gross!

But interesting. Perhaps birds will evolve teeth and a laterally moving lower mandible and start chewing their food?

There was a similar photo doing the rounds a few years back of a south polar skua (?) that had swallowed a squid which had eaten its way out of the bird's stomach and through its skin:
http://www.zestforbirds.co.za/skuasquid.html
(not for the squeamish!)

-- Edited by Steve Christmas on Saturday 28th of May 2011 10:49:22 PM

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this picture:
Something got stuck in my throat
Does this sort of thing happen a lot? I've never seen anything like it!
Can anyone identify what the foreign body is? It could be the next Mystery Bird quiz!

-- Edited by Rick Hall on Saturday 28th of May 2011 03:43:47 PM