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November 22, 2013

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A Bohemian waxwing enjoys some late autumn berries in a tree near Signers' Hall on a November afternoon. Bohemian waxwings and humans are two of the few creatures that have a certain enzyme in their livers to metabolize alcohol. Waxwings need it for digesting fermented berries from ornamental trees, a major food source for them in winter.


A Bohemian waxwing enjoys some late autumn berries in a tree near Signers' Hall on a November afternoon. Bohemian waxwings and humans are two of the few creatures that have a certain enzyme in their livers to metabolize alcohol. Waxwings need it for digesting fermented berries from ornamental trees, a major food source for them in winter.