Good exampl of appetitive behaviour. The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) pecks off the surface of the salt pond hatching mosquitoes and fli

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Good exampl of appetitive behaviour. The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) pecks off the surface of the salt pond hatching mosquitoes and flies

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