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Every sperm is sacred

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If you’re feeling particularly science-y, the full paper is here.). Meanwhile, until those answers are found, just relax and let Monty Python explain it all. Because unlike those of mammals, avian ova need penetration by multiple sperm in order to successfully develop into baby birds. sperm are crucial to the development of avian life.

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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 2

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If you have always wondered what the minimum anesthetic concentration for isoflurane and sevoflurane for the Crested Serpent-eagle is, science has an answer. As you can easily judge from the dullness of this information, it is not something I made up but rather an appalling example of nepotism in the naming of birds.

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Birding Shanghai in October 2022

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They are also raised commercially for meat and eggs, as described in that beacon of ornithological knowledge, the World’s Poultry Science Journal. They can also learn phonetic categories ( source ). These two species have downturned bills – the Pied Avocet prefers the other direction.

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