Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of bones from a fish skeleton. Includes the jaw bone (lower right), neurocranium (upper right and a verteb

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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of bones from a fish skeleton. Includes the jaw bone (lower right), neurocranium (upper right and a vertebra (bottom left). Recovered from Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) faeces. Bones and other indigestible material, such as eye lenses, from swallowed fish pass through the digestive system and are excreted in the faeces. Analysis of this material allows information on the kingfishers diet to be obtained.

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Photo credit: © STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: alcedo, animal, atthis, biological, biology, bone., bones, digestion, faeces, fauna, fish, ichthyology, jaw, kingfisher, nature, neurocranium, sem, skeleton, skull, vertebra, wildlife, zoological, zoology