Toucan Uses its Bill to Keep Cool (4 of 6) (IMAGE)

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Toucan Uses its Bill to Keep Cool (4 of 6)

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This is a toucan as seen with infrared thermography. The warmer areas are in yellows, and the cooler areas are purples. This image accompanied the research article "Heat Exchange from the Toucan Bill Reveals a Controllable Vascular Thermal Radiator," by G.J. Tattersall et al. appearing in the July 24, 2009, issue of Science.

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Image courtesy of Glenn Tattersall

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