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Ground birds use different fuel?

Postby Pajarita » Fri Jun 21, 2019 11:12 am

VERY interesting study! It seems to point to a different sort of 'fuel' (food used for energy) for flight or flightless birds with the flighted birds using lipids and the flightless using carbs...

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10682-3
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