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Avian Quiz Answer – April 29, 2011

10,000 Birds

From what I read, birds are the class of Aves [feathered, winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying and vertebrate animals]. When creating this last quiz, the software we use automatically keeps track of the number of words in the post. Life, Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. Who knew?].

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Return of the Waders

10,000 Birds

It is rumored that one of the researchers later became a software developer. It also seems the species is good at keeping its nest hidden – while the bird was named in 1821, its nest and eggs were only discovered in 1958 ( source ). Then again, given that the paper has 12 authors, this may just be statistics at work.

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