BEAKS AND THEIR USES. 



Nature provides the Hammerkop {Scopus umbrella) with an efficient 

 tool for snapping up frogs and other aquatic creatures. 



The Crowned Hornbill {Lophoceros melanoleucus) uses the only tool 

 Nature gives him to pick fruit and berries, and to plaster up the 

 entrance hole of his nest. 



The Jackal Buzzard {Buteo jackal) slays and rends rats, snakes, birds, and 

 small mammals with his powerful curved beak. 



With its hard pick-like bill the Black Crow (Corvus capensis) digs up the 

 soil for root-eating grubs. 



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