Medieval Bestiary : Image Source

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Bee-eater

The text says bee-eater young care for their elderly parents by licking the mist from their eyes and pulling out old feathers. This is normally attributed to the hoopoe.

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Cambridge University Digital Library

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Bestiary

Cambridge University Library, Kk.4.25, folio 84v

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