🦅 TIL: Northern #gannets and #boobies dive into the #sea at speeds over 110 km/h (68 mph) to catch #fish.
A University of #Washington study found that these #birds have sturdier, squarer neck #vertebrae than other birds, plus an extra contact surface on several vertebrae that stops the neck from bending backward on impact.
👉 https://www.futurity.org/diving-birds-3348742/
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