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Guans have wattles and some have crests, but they don't seem to have combs. Can anyone confirm either way? -- Macrakis 23:00, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was move. JPG-GR ( talk) 00:52, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
There are three main points against using Cockscomb as the name of this article. Obviously the plain Comb is out of the question, so it should be disambiguated. I just think this is the wrong way of disambiguating it, as using such an archane term confuses people and makes an inaccurate suggestion. I want to really work on improving this article and bringing it up GA class at least, but I am dissuaded by the improper name.
I would be comfortable with either Comb (anatomy) or Bird comb, but something needs to be done in my opinion. As a side point, bird comb gets 184k Google hits, with Cockscomb getting 159k, with all of the first ten other than this article being about the flower. Van Tucky 00:33, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
What's the purpose of the comb? Does it contain anything useful? Or it this a mating purpose type thing (biggest comb = best male?) Colinstu ( talk) 15:55, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
I'm also curious: what's the significance to evolution? Is it just for display? 76.117.247.55 ( talk) 01:29, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
Interested to see chicken combs are used in cookery. What do they taste of? Skin, presumably? Or is there some other flavor involved? Danceswithzerglings ( talk) 21:41, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
The title of this article is 'Comb(anatomy)'. I was therefore rather surprised and a little confused to see the term 'cockscomb' used so liberally in the article. I have worked with poultry for 20 years and I have not heard this term used once. Surely the body of the text should be consistent with the title and the term 'comb' used throughout, unless 'cockscomb' is a term used in specific circumstances such as cooking, in which case it needs a reference. DrChrissy ( talk) 18:40, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
I have tried to find the original article claiming a correlation between comb size and egg production, but without success. I have therefore changed the sentence to indicate the cited article is not the primary source. It concerns me that the cited article is in a section entiled 'Tales of the wierd'!__ DrChrissy ( talk) 18:11, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
The article should explain why birds have combs. That is why I consulted the article Cock, as well as this one. — O'Dea ( talk) 19:31, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
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Guans have wattles and some have crests, but they don't seem to have combs. Can anyone confirm either way? -- Macrakis 23:00, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was move. JPG-GR ( talk) 00:52, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
There are three main points against using Cockscomb as the name of this article. Obviously the plain Comb is out of the question, so it should be disambiguated. I just think this is the wrong way of disambiguating it, as using such an archane term confuses people and makes an inaccurate suggestion. I want to really work on improving this article and bringing it up GA class at least, but I am dissuaded by the improper name.
I would be comfortable with either Comb (anatomy) or Bird comb, but something needs to be done in my opinion. As a side point, bird comb gets 184k Google hits, with Cockscomb getting 159k, with all of the first ten other than this article being about the flower. Van Tucky 00:33, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
What's the purpose of the comb? Does it contain anything useful? Or it this a mating purpose type thing (biggest comb = best male?) Colinstu ( talk) 15:55, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
I'm also curious: what's the significance to evolution? Is it just for display? 76.117.247.55 ( talk) 01:29, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
Interested to see chicken combs are used in cookery. What do they taste of? Skin, presumably? Or is there some other flavor involved? Danceswithzerglings ( talk) 21:41, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
The title of this article is 'Comb(anatomy)'. I was therefore rather surprised and a little confused to see the term 'cockscomb' used so liberally in the article. I have worked with poultry for 20 years and I have not heard this term used once. Surely the body of the text should be consistent with the title and the term 'comb' used throughout, unless 'cockscomb' is a term used in specific circumstances such as cooking, in which case it needs a reference. DrChrissy ( talk) 18:40, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
I have tried to find the original article claiming a correlation between comb size and egg production, but without success. I have therefore changed the sentence to indicate the cited article is not the primary source. It concerns me that the cited article is in a section entiled 'Tales of the wierd'!__ DrChrissy ( talk) 18:11, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
The article should explain why birds have combs. That is why I consulted the article Cock, as well as this one. — O'Dea ( talk) 19:31, 15 December 2013 (UTC)