WHY
OK, so one of the reasons ibis and other long-billed birds are associated with medicine is because ancient people supposedly got the idea of an enema syringe from watching them preen themselves (they misinterpreted where the beak was going).
WHY
OK, so one of the reasons ibis and other long-billed birds are associated with medicine is because ancient people supposedly got the idea of an enema syringe from watching them preen themselves (they misinterpreted where the beak was going).