• Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    Bro toucans are fucking scary. We used to run a parrot rescue. I have plenty of scars from Macaws or Cockatoos, but the one time we had a Toucan, holy fucking shit dude. Those beaks are fucking pincers. I didn’t even get close to it after seeing the things it could snap like twigs.

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      10 months ago

      Really? I figured they would have less bite force due to the shape, more kitchen tongs than Macaw’s metal shears for a beak

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        10 months ago

        Toucans, or at least the kind we had, have serrated beaks, so in addition to the clamping force, they can tear your flesh while they’re at it.

        I do believe they have less bite force than most macaws, but they’re also less docile than most macaws also. Macaws rarely use anywhere near their full power when biting things or people.