Macaws in flight (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Macaws in flight

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Two Red-and-green Macaws (Ara chgloropterus) in flight. Princeton biologists tested whether the psittacofulvin pigments in parrot feathers protected the feathers against damage caused by bacteria. 

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Octavio Campos Salles

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