==Overview== Anting is one of the centres of the Chinese automotive industry; it is home to Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation and includes the German/Chinese joint venture: Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive. This enterprise has the largest market share of passenger cars in China. The Shanghai International Circuit, China`s first Formula One r....
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[bird activity] Anting is a self-anointing behavior during which birds rub insects, usually ants, on their feathers and skin. The bird may pick up the insects in their bill and rub them on the body, or the bird may lie in an area of high density of the insects and perform dust bathing-like movements. The insects secrete liquids containing c...
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(from the article `passeriform`) A characteristic but poorly understood behaviour pattern of passerines is the practice of anting. This peculiar ritual has two forms: active anting, ...
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When a bird picks up ants and rubs them vigorously on its plumage (active) or lays on top of an anthill and lets ants crawl on its body (passive). More.
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Bird on ground either lies down, wings and tail spread, allowing ants to crawl over plumage (passive), or picks up ants and rubs them over feathers (active). Function debated
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the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
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