Bird Louse Evolution (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Bird Louse Evolution

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The lice that live on parrots look very different from one another, but they are more closely related to one another than to similar-looking lice on other types of birds.

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Vincent Smith, The Natural History Museum, London

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