IRDS ARE INGENIOUS ARCHITECTS, capable of co-opting a wide range of materials to optimise their nests. Mexican house finches load theirs with cigarette butts that help keep blood-sucking ticks at bay, Adélie penguins build pebble towers to protect their eggs from drowning in meltwater, and Dutch magpies
FEMALE OF THE SPECIES BLACK LARK
Oct 19, 2023
2 minutes
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