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2. They also eat small animals:

Fri Mar 3, 2023, 04:19 PM

Mar 2023

Along with fruit, toucans also catch and eat small animals including songbirds, crickets, cicadas (suh-KAY-duhz), spiders, termites, lizards, toads, frogs, and snakes. They raid eggs and nestlings from other birds' nests. Some species catch bats as they sleep in daytime roosts.

https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/toucans-ramphastidae

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Gray-breasted Mountain Toucan [View all] Donkees Mar 2023 OP

Wonder why it needs such a large beak to eat berries and fruit? The Wielding Truth Mar 2023 #1

They also eat small animals: Donkees Mar 2023 #2

That makes sense. Thank you, Donkees. The Wielding Truth Mar 2023 #3