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A parrot has the strongest beaak for breaking nuts i know this because i have 12 parrots 9 dogs 16 cats and 6 hamsters

In particular some of the larger parrots, such as the Hyacinth macaw and the Palm cockatoo have immensely strong bills, and can even crack open Brazil nuts and macadamia nuts. This is incredible to anyone who has tried to open macadamia nuts with a hammer; it is a special skill. I have never seen any parrot open such a nut myself, but I have read of it in enough places to believe it to be true.

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What determines the shape of a bird's beak?

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Why do beaks of birds differ?

They differ due to adaptations that the birds have made to their environment. For example, some birds have adapted to a fish eating diet and so generally their beaks become long and thin, useful for catching lots of small fish at once. Whereas other birds may live on a diet of seeds and nuts, requiring a stronger beak, which is capable of cracking open the shells of nuts and seeds.


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