Birds such as grouse, pheasants and turkeys have a muscular part of the stomach called a gizzard, which pulverizes or crushes hickory and acorn seeds.
Devastating hail
Devastating hail Southern Russia was pummeled with egg-size
hailstones for two days, causing dozens of hospitalizations and at
least 70,000 hectares of crops to be destroyed. The hail damaged
hundreds of homes, wrecked most of the vineyards in the Levokumskiy
District, and nearly wiped out the grain harvest. MAY 19, 2001
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