The toucan's big beak has been an object of fascination for centuries: In the late 1700s a French naturalist called it a “grossly monstrous” appendage, and later Charles Darwin contemplated its possible purpose.
The toucan's big beak has been an object of fascination for centuries: In the late 1700s a French naturalist called it a “grossly monstrous” appendage, and later Charles Darwin contemplated its possible purpose.
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