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Showing posts with label birds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birds. Show all posts
Secret message - received a little late
Secrets from World War II may have been found in a coded message
attached to the skeleton of a carrier pigeon found in an English
chimney.
The bird was found when David Martin in Bletchingly, Surrey, was renovating his fireplace.
Martin told the BBC that he began “pulling it down, pulling it
down…then the pigeon bones began appearing one by one by one. Down came
the leg with the red capsule on with a message inside.”
More than 250,000 carrier pigeons were used in World War II. They were
called the National Pigeon Service and were relied on heavily to
transport secret messages.
Government code breakers are working to read the message found in Martin’s chimney.
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Misleading names
Are white rhinos really white?
Are Australian Shepherds from Australia and Baltimore Orioles from Baltimore?
Are Guinea Pigs really pigs from Africa?
Check the article (and photos) at the Huffington Post: 8 Creatures With Misleading Monikers
Whooo gives a hoot?
Two tawny frogmouth chicks hatched on July 9 and 11 are seen at
Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. They are now a little over 3 weeks
old and are being cared for by zookeepers because their parents
abandoned the nest after only a few weeks of incubating their eggs.
Jim Schulz / AP
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Bird Flu Has Jumped To Baby Seals
A new strain of avian flu that jumped from birds to mammals is
responsible for the death of more than 160 seals off the New England
coast last year. Scientists say the virus could theoretically pose a threat to human health.
Harbor seals — most of them babies less than 6 months old — began
appearing with severe pneumonia and skin lesions in September of last
year, the researchers said.
Over the next few months, at least 162 dead seals were recovered along the coast from Maine to Massachusetts, they said.
Testing pointed at a new strain of the H3N8 flu virus being called seal H3N8.
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responsible for the death of more than 160 seals off the New England
coast last year. Scientists say the virus could theoretically pose a threat to human health.
Harbor seals — most of them babies less than 6 months old — began
appearing with severe pneumonia and skin lesions in September of last
year, the researchers said.
Over the next few months, at least 162 dead seals were recovered along the coast from Maine to Massachusetts, they said.
Testing pointed at a new strain of the H3N8 flu virus being called seal H3N8.
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500 dead penguins washed up on Brazilian beaches
Brazilian scientists are investigating what has led to more than 500 dead penguins being found on beaches in the last week.
Autopsies are being carried out on some of the birds, which washed up
on the beaches of Rio Grande do Sul state, in the south of the country.
Biologists at the Centre of Coastal and Marine Studies said the
penguins appeared to have been well-fed, with no apparent injuries and
no oil on their bodies.
Similar incidents in the past have been blamed on shifting ocean currents and colder temperatures.
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Autopsies are being carried out on some of the birds, which washed up
on the beaches of Rio Grande do Sul state, in the south of the country.
Biologists at the Centre of Coastal and Marine Studies said the
penguins appeared to have been well-fed, with no apparent injuries and
no oil on their bodies.
Similar incidents in the past have been blamed on shifting ocean currents and colder temperatures.
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