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By Jared Conaway
From a small town to a big city...
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Hello all! I haven't been able to find time for birding this weekend, but I thought I'd send an update on my companion's life. Here are some bulletins representing the different things that have happened in these 31 FULL DAYS of Jamin!
Jamin with a cricket in his mouth. You can't see it, because before I had a chance to photograph him striking his meal, he'd already stuffed it in his mouth! AMAZING FACT: Cichlids have 2 pairs of jaws! The first pair is the visible mouth that grabs its prey and chews it. Then the second pair in the throat clamps down hard on the food, and crushes it into powder and pulp. I can actually hear my cichlid crunching on his cichlid pellets, you have to be very close to hear it, but it's distinctive. This crunching sound must be coming from his second mouth, because the first mouth hardly moves, but you can see the throat muscles vigorously contracting and retracting as the 2nd mouth squashes its food so much and clamps down so tightly that the food is guaranteed never to see the light of day ever again! How cool is that? More pics of Jamin! Thanks buddy for being so cooperative for photos! I REALLY look forward to the many hours, many days, many weeks, many months, and many years I get to spend with Jamin! He's certainly got an unmatched passion for eating!
I'm Jared Conaway, don't forget to vote for 2017 Jared's Bird Of The Year, and stay tuned for my next post!
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