11. The excess salt can be stored in cells or excreted out from salt glands on leaves. 12. The subdivision of the external naris into anterior and posterior portions is evidence of the presence of salt glands . 13. This salt gland helps emit excess salt from the body through the nasal openings in the flamingo's beaks. 14. Aquatic birds such as the Ad�lie penguin have highly developed salt glands which are capable of handling their intense salt loads. 15. These cells within the salt gland employ several types of transport mechanisms that respond to hyperosmotic solution within the salt glands. 16. These cells within the salt gland employ several types of transport mechanisms that respond to hyperosmotic solution within the salt glands . 17. Due to the relatively inefficient kidneys of aquatic birds, the salt gland takes on most of the responsibility of salt removal. 18. Many species have developed specialized salt glands to allow them to tolerate salt water, but these are poorly developed in juveniles. 19. This gland is inactive in species that do not require it, but in the Procellariiformes it acts as a salt gland . 20. "Tambachia ", like other trematopids, likely possessed a salt gland similar to those seen in modern reptiles.