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Toucans Adaptations

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Toucans have such colorful big beaks that are considered as a treasured bird in Brazil. They are considered this because they are their leaders or also a symbol to their parties. Toucans have undergone an interesting history as they evolved from their American barbets. Each female and male have brightly colored feathers and huge beaks. That even some of the toucans beaks comprise half of their entire body size. Their beaks are mainly only for show. Body Paragraph 1: This paragraph will be about your selected organism in general including its adaptations. Toucans have adapted to their environment by becoming fruit eaters. It is possible that they have already been eating fruit, but in the rainforest it is much sweeter. There was one consequence for eating fruit was for these toucans to be able to reach their fruit, so there long light beaks are perfect for treating fruit. Another way they have adapted was by having two claws in the front and two in the back. This made it easier for them to perch on branches. Furthermore another adaptation was there colours feathers change in order to blend in with their surroundings. …show more content…

The ancestor of these toucans are the ramphastidae. They are a very striking group, So far they have not found any of their fossilized remains of this family. The toucans have been closely related to barbets and are distantly related to woodpeckers. They believe to be carnivores but evolved to eating fruit. It is said that these species have diverged from their common ancestors about ten million years ago. There is also about 41 species of toucans. Also the archaeopteryx is considered to be one of the earliest and most primitive forms of a bird known to

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