An amazing feather loss
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Keywords:
birds, molt, fright moltAbstract
Beside the regular and some pathologic molt the so called „fright molting" has been known among several species of birds. This feather loss explained as a way of escaping a predator for the surveillance. Some other similar phenomenon in the other species is discussed in the article.
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