Before I began researching this lesson I thought a wattle was merely the fleshy skin that hangs from the throats of some birds. But according to Wikipedia a wattle “is a fleshy dewlap or caruncle hanging from various parts of the head or neck in several groups of birds, goats and other animals.”
That means these roosters have wattles (the red fleshy flaps) hanging from their throats and from their cheeks.
The tall rooster has more to tell us. He’ll be back next week.
(photo by Ron Proctor on Wikimedia Commons. Click on the image to see the original and its attribution.)
I don’t know about that rooster starring in next week’s lesson. His hair is a little wild so perhaps we better have a lesson on combs! 🙂
Gorgeous!!
I wonder if the tall rooster will be talking about combs… 🙂
Great anatomy articles with such appropriate pics and so interesting!
What a startling beautiful photo of the chickens! — barbara