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Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science

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So, here we go… Fighting in Iraq has been affecting starlings. But in Iraq, and more exactly, Kurdistan and Iraqi Kurdistan, they are supposed to be there (and are regularly hunted and eaten) and the fighting is not supposed to be there. This is something I may also be able to promise to possibly write up later in more detail!

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Military Used Pigs in Brain Injury Research

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The explosions have ranged in intensity, wounding some of the pigs and killing others. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. They stopped after protests from animal rights groups, such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Roadside bombs are the top killer of U.S. Did you know this?

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