Hoatzin Nestlings Suggest Broad Locomotor Repertoire for Transitional Birds (1 of 1) (VIDEO)

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Videos of the experimental conditions, climbing, and swimming in hoatzin nestlings. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the May 22nd, 2019, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by A. Abourachid at Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris, France, and colleagues was titled, "Hoatzin nestling locomotion: Acquisition of quadrupedal limb coordination in birds."

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[Credit: Abourachid et al., Sci. Adv. 2019; 5 : eaat0787]

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