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The Sunda Teals of Jakarta

10,000 Birds

The Sunda Teal is a brown duck. This may make it very popular amongst European birders who can relate, but it doesn’t make it much of a deal within such an illustrous group as the dabbling ducks. Sunda Teals, showing a feeding behaviour called “collective suicide” while a Cave Swiftlet looks on.

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Layover in Singapore

10,000 Birds

Let’s take Singapore’s Changi International Airport as an example; it is a huge hub airport with large numbers of people passing through in transit to Australia, Indonesia and south-east Asia. You will either have to leave it at the airport and collect it later (using up precious time), or carry it with you in hot, humid conditions.

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