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Description: Article discussing the strange behavior adopted by some birds in using ants in preening or in some instances, lying down among ants.
Perhaps some of the strangest behaviour indulged in by birds is . Anting occurs in two different forms and for the sake of this essay it does not always involve ants. Most anting, however, does involve ants and over 250 different species of birds have been recorded displaying this behaviour at one time or another. Anting occurs either as active anting, in which the bird picks an ant up and applies it to its plumage, or passive anting. Normally, the ant during active anting will be stroked along the feathers, usually the flight feathers. Starlings (
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