Birds
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A Limpopo man was arrested for murder after he went hunting for birds in Maololo, Ga-Mashabela village, and allegedly shot his seven-month-old son dead in the process. The pellet rifle he used has been confiscated. The 36-year-old man was arrested at his home in Maololo, which falls under the Masemola policing area, on Sunday. Police spokesperson,…
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As a scorching heatwave dries up water sources in the state’s biggest city, veterinary doctors and animal rescuers said rescuers in India’s western Gujarat state are rescuing dozens of exhausted and dehydrated birds dropping to the ground everyday. In the hottest pre-summer months in recent years, large areas of South Asia are drying up, leading…
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Scientists studying the remarkably well-preserved remains of an Ice Age bird have identified the specimen as a horned lark. Buried and frozen in permafrost near the village of Belaya Gora in north-eastern Siberia, the bird was discovered by local fossil ivory hunters, who passed it on to a team of experts, including Nicolas Dussex and Love…
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