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Good job noticing that sentence! Here are correct ways to say it:

  • Plural (many toucans): Toucans sleep with their beaks on their backs.
  • Singular (one toucan): A toucan sleeps with its beak on its back.
  • More natural way to say how they sleep: Toucans often tuck their beaks under their wings when they sleep.

Why?

  1. Look at the subject. If you say "Toucans" (many), use plural words: "beaks" and "backs" and the pronoun "their."
  2. If you talk about one toucan, use singular words: "beak," "back," and the pronoun "its." Also the verb becomes "sleeps."
  3. The last sentence is just a natural, clearer way to describe how toucans really rest.

Short examples to remember:

  • "Cats lick their paws." (many cats)
  • "A cat licks its paw." (one cat)

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