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.
Dirty secrets
Dirty secrets In Britain, despite laws which rule that all
citizens have a right to obtain environmental information from
government or official agencies, it can often be impossible to get
this information. Agencies will frequently say that the information
is exempted from the law, or make it too expensive to obtain the
information. This means that trying to obtain environmental
information, such as if a factory near you has dangerous emissions,
is very difficult. 29 AUGUST 1998, P. 18-19