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Researchers Accidentally Got High On Laughing Gas From Penguin Poop
When studying penguins, there’s a surprise you’ve gotta watch out for: the laughing gas produced by their poop.
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Sketchy Science Journal Publishes Article Titled ‘What’s The Deal With Birds?’
This past week, assistant zoology professor Daniel Baldassarre at SUNY Oswego published a paper in a supposedly scientific journal with the following abstract:
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Hawks’ Forbidden Love Results In A Rare Hybrid
She was a common black hawk. He was a red-shouldered hawk. They weren’t in the same genus, let alone the same species, and they normally don’t even live in the same part of the continent. But in a strange twist of fate, none of that mattered: It was love at first screech.
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This Slick Combo Camera, Monocular And Digital Guide Did All My Birdwatching For Me
Naturalists carry a lot of expensive toys out into the wilderness. We’ve got our binoculars to see the details and field marks of distant animals. We carry bulky DSLR cameras with telephoto lenses in case any photo ops present themselves, or in case we stumble upon something rare. Sometimes we carry a portable spotting scope…