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A Rehabber’s List of Worst Bird Myths

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Porcupines throw their quills! Bats just love to fly into human hair!” Porcupines can’t shoot their quills, any more than people can shoot their hair. Two: Humans are diurnal, which means they are normally active during the day. Three: Why would anyone , no matter what their species, want to become tangled in human hair?

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What is the National Bird of Panama?

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Because they like to hunt in the tree canopy , they will also eat “iguanas, parrots, porcupines, coatimundis, and raccoons.” ” While they can live in human-modified environments, they are threatened both by deforestation and hunting, and less than 50,000 remain in the wild. ”

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