Sleeping Bird (VIDEO)

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This video shows a bird sleeping with the head pointing forward that then tucks its head in its scapular feathers. The thermal imaging video shows a noticeable decrease in the maximum surface temperature. At the bottom of the video, a cursor shows the variation in the maximum temperature, which drops substantially when the bird changes to the Tucked posture.

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Ferretti et al./<i>Current Biology</i>

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