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How Birds Breathe

The avian respiratory system is different from the mammalian one. The lungs do not simply take air in and then expel it; the air also flows through a series of large sacs and even hollow bones

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 225 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “How Birds Breathe” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 225 No. 6 (), p. 72
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1271-72