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Index of Subjects Unless hens are different from other birds, they don't actually pant. Panting normally involves the tongue moving in and out to increase evaporative cooling (done by non-naked mammals) when the animal is too warm. Birds may hang out their tongues (I must admit to not having seen this), but they are flapping the tissue making up the floor of the mouth, the so-called gular region (hence, "gular fluttering"), not the tongue. None-the-less, this is, as David points out, an exception to birds generally keeping their mouths closed. Randy 2009/4/6 David Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>: > Hi Randy & All, Apr 6, 2009 > Hens when hot will pant (beak open tongue extended) and this may be true > of other birds. > Yt, DW > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Lauff" <randy.lauff@gmail.com> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 12:57 PM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] AND ... > Birds in general keep their beaks shut except when vocalizing or feeding/drinking.
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