Florida Limpkin with a meal

IraRunyanIraRunyan Registered Users Posts: 1,013 Major grins
edited October 28, 2009 in Wildlife
Limpkins live almost exclusively on a diet of snails.

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  • IraRunyanIraRunyan Registered Users Posts: 1,013 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2009
    Some additional information about tje Limpkin...........

    The apple snail is important to the limpkin's diet. Limpkins have several physical adaptations that help it deal with this prey. Since the apple snail's shell curves to the right, limpkins adapted a bill that also curves to the right, making it possible to insert the bill into the snail shell. The tip of the upper beak is sharpened to allow limpkins to cut the snail out of the shell. Finally, limpkins have a small gap in the bill which helps them carry and handle snails.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2009
    Good capture under some harsh light.
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