albertonykus:Many modern birds have large salt glands above their eyes to help them get rid of exces
albertonykus:Many modern birds have large salt glands above their eyes to help them get rid of excess salt in their bodies. A new paper finds evidence of these salt glands in the 120-million-year-old bird Iteravis. This represents by far the oldest clear record of salt glands in any dinosaur, and I write more about it here.Image from Wang et al. (2018). -- source link