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The weapon inside the neck
Avian anatomy guides.
Flexible raptor spine
Vertebrae cervicales mobilissimae
Key mark
Fourteen neck vertebrae, nearly twice a human count, all mobile without ligament or muscle limitation until extreme angles.
Plate label
Cervical mobility in raptors.
Depth signal
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Somebody asked poisonal why do owls bob their heads
It made 18 things out of that question. This is number 15.
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