{"id":1987,"date":"2026-05-06T00:21:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/cikavinky\/tukan-velykyi-dzoob\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T01:17:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:17:57","slug":"tukan-velykyi-dzoob","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/en\/cikavinky\/tukan-velykyi-dzoob\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does a toucan have such a big beak?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;font-size:clamp(2.2rem, 2.2rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3), 4rem);line-height:1\">\ud83d\udc26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tukan-velykyi-dzoob.jpg\" alt=\"\u0427\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u0443 \u0442\u0443\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0432\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0434\u0437\u044c\u043e\u0431?\" class=\"wp-image-1986\" style=\"border-radius:16px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tukan-velykyi-dzoob.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tukan-velykyi-dzoob-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tukan-velykyi-dzoob-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#3d2658;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);font-size:clamp(1.352rem, 1.352rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 1.413), 2.2rem);line-height:1.2;font-weight:800\">Why does a toucan have such a big beak?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.292), 1.05rem);line-height:1.7\">Imagine having a nose as long as your arm on your face. It\u2019s uncomfortable, isn\u2019t it? But for a toucan, it\u2019s fine! This bright bird from the rainforests of South America has a beak up to 20 centimeters long\u2014almost a third of its entire body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.292), 1.05rem);line-height:1.7\">When scientists first saw a toucan, they were sure that such a huge beak must be very heavy. But when they weighed it, they were surprised! The beak weighs only 30-40 grams. It&#039;s like two pieces of cookies! Why is it so light? Inside, it is hollow, with thin bone partitions - like a sponge. Nature built it on the principle of an aircraft wing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.292), 1.05rem);line-height:1.7\">And why does a toucan have such a nose? It turned out that it is a real air conditioner! When it is hot in the rainforest, the toucan&#039;s blood flows to its beak, and the heat goes outside. When it is cool, the blood moves away from its beak, and the bird retains heat. It is like a radiator in a car!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.292), 1.05rem);line-height:1.7\">The toucan also uses its beak to pluck ripe mangoes and papayas that grow on thin branches. A normal bird wouldn&#039;t be able to reach them, but a toucan can! It simply stretches out its long beak and carefully plucks the fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.292), 1.05rem);line-height:1.7\">People have long been inspired by the toucan. Engineers who design airplanes and trains have studied its beak to create lighter and stronger structures. This is how a small bird teaches big adults!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:16px;background-color:#FFF7E6;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#7a5d8b;font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.125), 0.95rem);font-style:italic\">More interesting facts about animals at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/en\/cikavinky\/\">on the category page<\/a> \u2728<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center' class='yasr-auto-insert-visitor'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A toucan&#039;s beak is a third of its length, but it weighs as much as a piece of cookie!<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1986,"parent":1782,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-with-title","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1987","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2112,"href":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1987\/revisions\/2112"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}