stomach oil

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procellariiforms

  • Black-browed albatross (Diomedea melanophris)
    In procellariiform: Stomach oil

    Most tubinares, when handled or threatened, eject the oily contents of the stomach with some force. In some species, notably the cliff-nesting fulmars, this habit, a fear reaction that also serves to lighten the bird for flight, has been exploited as a defensive…

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