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This week, we’re taking a closer look at flightless birds of all shapes and sizes! What prevents some birds from using their wings to fly? Did Australians really start a war against emus? Plus, we’ll answer your burning questions about the sex lives of many, many different kinds of birds! Wow!
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[Truth or Fail]
Inaccessible Island rail:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790318301763?via%3Dihub
https://gizmodo.com/how-a-tiny-flightless-bird-ended-up-on-an-island-in-the-1830188012
Ostrich egg globes:
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130821-ostrich-globe-map-discovery-science-nation/
Emu War:
[Fact Off]
Crested penguins:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/s-ppi021016.php
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00265-016-2060-z
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-06/uod-ppc062816.php
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep28785
Ratite reproduction:
https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00858.x
http://mentalfloss.com/article/80394/10-facts-about-cassowaries
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/ratites/reproduction-of-ratites
[Ask the Science Couch]
Kākāpō:
https://phys.org/news/2015-11-rimu-berry-game-changer-kakapo.html
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/060401_kakapo
[Butt One More Thing]
Ostrich urine & feces:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1095643303000060
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