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The Uncommon Demise of a Wood Thrush in Costa Rica

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In Costa Rica, they can take the form of everything from toucans (think crows with giant shark inspired beaks) to herons and monkeys. The rails did indeed come to investigate but came up empty-beaked. They don’t need to be professional bird killers either, predators only need to be in the right place at the right time.

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Dead Sea Lions in Puget Sound - Again

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KING-TV reports that both the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are investigating the deaths. The animal protection group Seal Sitters says a necropsy showed that the sea lion had suffered a shark bite and had twisted intestines in addition to a bullet wound.

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A Question of Migration

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People were doing things like that with birds, sharks, and humans. One scientist was attaching magnets to the heads of British school children, whom he would then drive, blindfolded, out into the countryside where they would be released. Itcher birds, migratory members of the tern family. Specifically, Itcher Tern. Image source.

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