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Feed me or I’ll die, and possibly take you with me!

10,000 Birds

Also, as researcher Rufus Johnstone of the University of Cambridge notes, “The question I come away with is whether it’s possible to distinguish between blackmail and honest signalling of hunger.” In other bird science news, we should be concerned about waterfowl in China.

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Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.

10,000 Birds

The magnificent history and diversity of birds on Earth came into sharper focus this month with the publication of 28 new scientific papers in Science and other journals. Ratites, Tinamous, and Fowl. So do parrots, some songbirds, humans, and a few other mammals. American Flamingo photo by Dick Culbert). Open Jarvis et al.’s

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