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king eider
bird species
Also known as: Somateria spectabilis
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uses of waterfowl parts
- In anseriform: Importance to humans
…of the king eider’s (Somateria spectabilis) billknob as an aphrodisiac in Greenland. Wary and difficult to approach in their watery haunts, waterfowl required ingenuity to take them before the advent of efficient weapons. The period of flightlessness was discovered early and exploited by driving the birds into corrals of…
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