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  • Hoatzin chicks have claws on their wings, as do some chickens and ostriches. This reflects the fact that bird ancestors had clawed hands.

Claws in hoatzin chick and Archaeopteryx

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Hoatzin image courtesy of the Home Study Course in Bird Biology, © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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