Hello from another toucan owner

[Sadieladie1994]

Yes, those beaks make them look top heavy but they really are not. People that have held my green and ivory billed aracari always comment on how light weight they feel. That beak is real light weight.

Peggy

 

[TITANIS]

Yes, those beaks make them look top heavy but they really are not. People that have held my green and ivory billed aracari always comment on how light weight they feel. That beak is real light weight.

Yep, very light weight. It's a honeycomb-like structure completely unique among birds now know to serve as a heat dissipation device. Even hornbills don't have the same structure despite their bills can sometimes grow to be bigger.

 

[emeraldtoucan]

Yep, very light weight. It's a honeycomb-like structure completely unique among birds now know to serve as a heat dissipation device. Even hornbills don't have the same structure despite their bills can sometimes grow to be bigger.

Yeah, and I've heard that hornbills have a much worse bite than toucans too.

 

[TITANIS]

Yeah, and I've heard that hornbills have a much worse bite than toucans too.

Yes, some of the stronger species have been described as having a bite that can crush hand bones. Never experienced this so don't know if this is true.

 

[emeraldtoucan]

I'm so glad that toucanets can't bite nearly as hard as most birds their size, otherwise I'm pretty sure my hand would be pretty messed up by this point, they both get pretty into rough housing sometimes.