Hoatzin the Predator from the Amazon Valley

Hoatzin the Predator from the Amazon Valley

A strange-looking young bird from the Valley Amazon, North America called "Hoatzin", born with three pairs of claws in each each wing sticking out, similar like a theropod-shaped one the earliest bird - "Archeopteryx". 

 This matter allow young Hoatzin to climbing on tree bark. If predators like snakes threaten them and fell to the ground, young Hoatzin will use their claws and beaks to climb back to the top of the tree.
 A number of researchers believe that Archeopteryx did the same thing as Hoatzin did, he might using curved claw tips sharp to climb trees all the way to certain height, then drift from one tree to another.

Hoatzin is believed to be a modern bird the most primitive today, but they still are far out of kinship with Archeopteryx, can be called a "missing link". Hoatzin belongs to the family "Opisthocomidae", even though it is actually a family classification of This bird is still unknown certainly. It has colored feathers black / brown, small head with color bright blue, red eyes, and the upper part brown crested head.

 Hoatzin adult body length can be reach 60 cm. One of the uniqueness hoatzin is a cow-like way of eating, namely by ruminating.

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