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flying highlighter with a beak that's mostly hollow bravado and very little actual bite
means A tropical American bird known for its enormous, brightly colored beak, belonging to the family Ramphastidae.
from From Portuguese 'tucano' or French 'toucan', borrowed from the Tupí-Guaraní languages of Brazil, where the name is thought to imitate the bird's call — so the word itself may be a tiny echo of a toucan croaking in the canopy.
- beak thermostat
- radiates body heat to cool the bird down
- lightweight bluff
- giant bill is hollow foam, barely weighs anything
- sleeping pose
- folds beak over back, tail flipped overhead
- messy eaters
- toss fruit into the air to swallow
- weak fliers
- hop between branches more than they soar
for instance
toucan sam — froot loops mascot since 1971, famous for 'follow your nose' jingle
keel-billed toucan — national bird of belize, largest toucan species with rainbow bill
toco toucan — most iconic toucan in amazon basin, largest beak-to-body ratio of any bird