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Boy Crazy: Why Older Loon Ladies Chase Young Studs

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The behavior described in this blog post is observational, not the result of a rigorous, extensive testing. That is one of many interesting findings from The Loon Project, which studies the territorial and breeding behavior of Loons in northern Wisconsin.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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The Zoo episode focuses on two Pink Pigeon couples: The Stud and Serendipity, a male and female that the zoo people hope will mate and produce a viable egg, and Thelma and Louise, a same-sex pair-bonded couple who the zoo people hope will incubate the egg and nurture the chick. He is the Harvey Weinstein of Pink Pigeons). Because, Ms.

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