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: Fruit-eating passerines (frugivores) help regenerate forests by spreading seeds far from the parent plant. passerine

The air above the canopy was the domain of the Raptors—territory of the hooked beak and the tearing claw. It was a world of silent glides and sudden, violent stoops. A specialized tendon in the leg automatically tightens

: Most species build sophisticated open-cup nests, though some, like weavers, create intricate hanging structures. : Most species build sophisticated open-cup nests, though

He launched himself from the aspen. He did not fly with the heavy, lumbering beats of a game bird. He possessed the passerine’s gift: short, rounded wings that allowed for bursts of insane acceleration and acrobatic twists. He dove, not away, but toward the thicket.

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