{"id":482,"date":"2023-07-20T11:52:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T11:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/?p=482"},"modified":"2024-06-18T06:11:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T06:11:19","slug":"what-is-a-bird-beak-made-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/what-is-a-bird-beak-made-of\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a bird beak made of?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;]\n\t\t\t[et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;]\n\t\t\t\t[et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221;]<!-- divi:media-text {\"mediaId\":101,\"mediaLink\":\"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/bird-beak\/\",\"mediaType\":\"image\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bird-beak.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bird-beak.png 378w, https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bird-beak-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p>The upper and lower beak are made of bones (essentially maxilla and mandible), vascular dermis and are covered by a layer of hard keratin. The keratin layer is called the rhamphotheca (maxillary rhamphotheca is called a rhinotheca, and mandibular rhamphotheca is called a gnathotheca). The distinction between keratin and bone can be seen on radiographs. There are a lot of nerve endings associated with the beak, so any injury to the beak, particularly to the bone and dermal components, is likely to be very painful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p>It is important to know where the keratin ends, and the vascular dermis and bone start when assessing birds with abnormal beaks or beak injuries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- \/divi:media-text -->[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column]\n\t\t\t[\/et_pb_row]\n\t\t[\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upper and lower beak are made of bones (essentially maxilla and mandible), vascular dermis and are covered by a layer of hard keratin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:media-text {\"mediaId\":101,\"mediaLink\":\"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/bird-beak\/\",\"mediaType\":\"image\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img src=\"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bird-beak.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The upper and lower beak are made of bones (essentially maxilla and mandible), vascular dermis and are covered by a layer of hard keratin. The keratin layer is called the rhamphotheca (maxillary rhamphotheca is called a rhinotheca, and mandibular rhamphotheca is called a gnathotheca). The distinction between keratin and bone can be seen on radiographs. There are a lot of nerve endings associated with the beak, so any injury to the beak, particularly to the bone and dermal components, is likely to be very painful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is important to know where the keratin ends, and the vascular dermis and bone start when assessing birds with abnormal beaks or beak injuries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:media-text -->","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4237,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions\/4237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}