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Aired (December 6, 2024): Prepare to be amazed by the South American toco toucan, which holds the title for the largest beak, relative to body size, of any bird on Earth.


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00:00To our fellow countrymen in the provinces, have you ever been bitten by a chicken or an ant?
00:06It's just painful in the beginning, but you can do it.
00:10What I'm not sure is if you can do it.
00:12The ant, the bird's life in my story of AC No. 2.
00:16It's a true story.
00:19If there's a bird that has a so-called giant, this is the South American toku or the giant ant.
00:27Relative to its body, its beak is the biggest beak of any bird in the world.
00:33But there's another reason why the beak of a bird can't be that big.
00:37It's a co-consumer of a lot of energy.
00:40In short, it's bigger and more expensive.
00:44But why is it able to bite?
00:47Because its beak has a lot of uses.
00:50It's like a Swiss knife.
00:52It has a lot of uses.
00:55First of all, it's like a toothpick for eating.
01:00That's why it can easily pierce even the hard fruit of a jenny pop tree.
01:06It looks heavy, but it's actually light.
01:09The bone fiber that goes through the air gives it strength.
01:15This is also their weapon when their neighbors are fighting.
01:19The fight doesn't last long.
01:24The ant is just eating.
01:27There's another advantage of their big beak.
01:30More blood can flow here, so it releases the excess heat from their body.
01:37If the heat is lost, the beak of the ant can be compared to the ears of an elephant in Africa.
01:44There are a lot of other birds living on top of the tree.
01:50Jabeeru is also busy taking care of its chicks.
01:56In Amazon Basin, be careful because one of the weirdest-looking birds in South America might fall.
02:04It's called a pheasant, and it's safer if it's just hanging around.
02:09Its name suits it well.
02:13The hoatzin is also known as a stink or skunk bird.
02:19It's a pest and it's a pest.
02:22It's like a fermentation machine.
02:27That's why it often releases smelly air.
02:31Its size is also important for it to dissolve in water.
02:35Because it's so big, sometimes it's hard for it to fly among the branches.
02:42That's why it jumps like a monkey.
02:47It looks like a pheasant, smells like beef, and eats like a monkey.
02:55It's harsh.
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