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What appears to be a birds knees at first sight are actually its ankles. The toes are flat on the ground and the rest of a very long thin foot goes up to the next joint, the ankle. The knee of the bird is covered in feathers. In the flamingo it is particularly noticeable and makes the bird look comical until you realise that it is not its knees bending the wrong way, but its ankles bending the right way.

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