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'''TOUCAN '''

- Toucans are one of the noisiest jungle birds, with a croak like a frog that can be heard for half a mile!

- The colorful beak of the Toucan is very light! It is made mostly of keratin (like your fingernails), supported with thin rods of bone.

- The Toucan is smart, friendly and cute, and eats fruit, nuts, and berries just like everyone else. In real life, Toucans hate sugary cereal and avoid it like the plague.

- The function of their enormous bill has puzzled scientists for a long time. It is not a weapon, the toucan's usual enemies being much too strong to be fooled by even the heftiest bill. It is not a special tool for gathering food, since all toucans are fugivorous, and eat berries, seeds, and ripe fruit.

- Some ornithologists think it is simply a distinguishing feature, a visual threat to would-be competitors.

- Toucans are very noisy members of the jungle society, and live in smallish communities, equivalent to several families. They are related to the woodpeckers, and appropriate holes in tree trunks in the same way.

- Toucans are much sought after by the natives of South America.

What Do They Eat?

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