Assertion: osprey's talon | /r/CapableOf | act as barb
Facets:
value: to help hold its catch
type: PURPOSE
value: to help hang
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The Osprey is particularly well adapted to this diet, with reversible outer toes, closable nostrils to keep out water during dives, and backwards facing scales on the talons which act as barbs to help hold its catch.
text: They have reversible outer toes, sharp spicules on the underside of the toes, closable nostrils to keep out water during dives, and backwards-facing scales on the talons which act as barbs to help hold its catch.
text: backwards-facing scales on the talons which act as barbs to help hold its catch
text: backwards facing rough, short spines on the talons (claws) which act as barbs to help hang onto a slimy fish;
text: The genus Pandion has several adaptations that suit its piscivorous lifestyle, these include reversible outer toes, sharp spicules on the underside of the toes, closable nostrils to keep out water during dives, and backwards-facing scales on the talons which act as barbs to help hold its catch.