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⌛️ OK – GIF CHALLENGE TIME! ⏳

We’ve got an episode about some real “Deep Peeps” for you. Did you know that a bird’s feathers are covered in zippers? What do you call the tiny hooks that keep feathers from splitting apart?

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The first five people to give us the specific name of this structure before 6am Pacific Standard Time tomorrow (Tues 8/18) will get a shout-out in the video description. Ready, set – GO!

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Scott Faunce

Barbules? I'm pretty confident in that!

Thomas Paris

Google tells me the hooks are called barbicels. But I had no idea there was anything like that in feathers. Thanks for introducing me to another fascinating idea!