摘要
Birds have well-developed ability to detect weak vibrational disturbances of the ground or perch. Recent electrophysiological studies have demonstrated that vibration sensitive receptors could be the Herbst corpuscles, which are only found in birds, widely distributed in such regions as the beak, dermis and interosseous membrane between the tibia and fibula. Their structures and functions are similar to those of mammailin Pacinian corpuscles.
