Hm, maybe not. Wiki notes a study that casts doubt, suggesting that sodium is what macaws are going for in the clay licks. Minerals, or at least one crucial mineral.
It is a beautiful work of photography and a beautiful animal.
Incidentally, I used the exact same picture as a template when my mother asked me to paint her garage door with macaws (you may notice that one of the left wing’s primaries seems broken or shortened).
David Marjanovićsays
Over here, winter is scheduled to return on Saturday.
Pet release or escape?
Brazil. The antithesis of {January in Minnesota}.
vaiytsays
I’m sad that, in the past, I contributed to animal trafficking. I had two tamarins as pets (bought by my uncle). Such lovable creatures. I still miss them, but would never have another.
Wow, that’s beautiful.
Did you know they eat clay to get their minerals?
pretty pretty
More likely to detoxify poisons in what they eat.
Glen Davidson
Hm, maybe not. Wiki notes a study that casts doubt, suggesting that sodium is what macaws are going for in the clay licks. Minerals, or at least one crucial mineral.
Glen Davidson
The poisons go into the feathers.
Do their predators eat the feathers?
If I looked that sharp I’d fly too.
It looks like being in Australia (Queensland) every month of the year.
Pet release or escape?
It is a beautiful work of photography and a beautiful animal.
Incidentally, I used the exact same picture as a template when my mother asked me to paint her garage door with macaws (you may notice that one of the left wing’s primaries seems broken or shortened).
Over here, winter is scheduled to return on Saturday.
Brazil. The antithesis of {January in Minnesota}.
I’m sad that, in the past, I contributed to animal trafficking. I had two tamarins as pets (bought by my uncle). Such lovable creatures. I still miss them, but would never have another.
Pretty bird!
–