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Funny, because the How It's Made documentary shows them easily being separated by checking two rows of feathers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVf6KXVIZ5I&t=
by swebs 9y ago
Funny, because the How It's Made documentary shows them easily being separated by checking two rows of feathers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVf6KXVIZ5I&t=197s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVf6KXVIZ5I&t=197s
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