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Originally Posted by Nixxxed
That's utter bullplop. A bird's beak is one of the most sensitive areas of its body.
http://www.parrotchronicles.com/depa...skdrharris.htm
Excerpt (the site is about parrots, but it applies to most birds):
"BIRD BEAKS are one of nature's special creations. They are very much like our fingernails, but with supporting bone underneath. They also have germinal, or growth, tissue beneath the hard shell, which lets the beak grow in three directions - from top to tip, from center to edges and from deep to surface - unlike our nails, which grow in a flat sheet with growth tissue at the top. The germinal layer with its blood supply extends almost to the tip of the beak. This makes the beak a very sensitive organ, as well as a strong one. Consider how your bird can groom your eyelashes with the same beak he uses to crack a walnut! ... " |
I'm so going to make her read that...I need no convincing - I'll be forever haunted by the video of the chicks getting their beaks seered off - it looked like they were in a great deal of pain...not to mention the result being malformed beaks that in many cases don't even allow them to eat...
