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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Birds and other animals feed on clay to neutralize dietary toxins which are ingested during the comsuption of young seeds.

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