In the Amazon forest, this primitive bird preserves the secrets of evolution

In the heart of the Amazonian plant labyrinth, among the cries and rustlings of an abundant biodiversity, lives a bird with an enigmatic profile. The hoazin. With its muffled toppe, piercing red eyes and its appearance reminiscent of lost life forms, the hoazin defies the usual landmarks of ornithology. Singular among modern birds, it still carries, from its birth, the remains of a distant heritage: small claws on its wings that allow it to clim…