Saturday, January 31, 2009

Indian Ringneck Parrot


Chicken have 24 taste buds, Pigeons have 27-59 taste buds, Quails have 62 taste buds and Parrots have about 300-400. (BTW an adult human being has over 10,000 taste buds!)


Camera Critters

29 comments:

??? said...

That's a great shot of a beautiful bird, I love his green feathers against the blue sky

Grammy said...

Great photo. I had no ideal that there was so many taste buds. That is why my parrots loved pizza and lots of other foods.

Have a great week.
Grammy
Missouri, USA

Rose said...

When this picture is enlarged it doesn't even look real!

Teena in Toronto said...

I've only seen parrots in cages. This one must love being free!

I played too :)

Anonymous said...

Wonderful shot of a beautiful parrot.

Anonymous said...

Wow. This is wonderful. Very beautiful parrot.

Carolina said...

Nice picture. Beautiful bird. Like to see birds without cages. Great info too! Thanks.

Anonymous said...

Hmmm, I wonder what this birdie (and a very handsome one it is!) eats with all those tastebuds!

Anonymous said...

Great horned owls must have none as they eat skunks..LOL..Great info. Thank you.. Michelle...

divsi said...

wowieee

Mom Knows Everything said...

What a great shot! Beautiful parrot!

Noner said...

Who knew birds has such good taste?

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Anonymous said...

Incredible shot. I will never see something like this in my part of the world. Interesting about the taste buds of different creatures.

David Edward said...

very nice

Anonymous said...

Now there's some interesting trivia!

Jen said...

cool picture and good facts to know.

b13 said...

Interesting bird, photo and facts. Love it!

Adrienne Zwart said...

Beautiful bird! I clicked to enlarge the image--spectacular!

Dianne said...

he is a beauty!

Prachi Pandey said...

fantastic capture n good info..keep it up

humanobserver said...

Brilliant capture....It seems that the parrot has lost in somewhere.....

ratmammy said...

very nice shot.

Suzanne said...

Wow a great shot. Thank you for sharing.

अविनाश said...

that was lovely piece of photography....
Keep it up!!

magiceye said...

lovely capture and interesting info!

Gretchen said...

What a beautiful bird! The one I chose to use this week is just a wee bit bigger. :)

Anonymous said...

How wonderful to see exotic birds in the wild! Lovely photo. Thanks for sharing.

Heart of Rachel said...

That's a nice shot. Thanks for sharing those interesting trivia.

Melancholia said...

great !