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Smith, Grayson/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
03/01/2019Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
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Limpkins are tropical wetland birds whose range reaches into Florida. They specialize in eating apple snails, which they hunt both day and night, and they often leave telltale piles of snail shells at the edges of freshwater wetlands where hunting is good.
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