birds

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1. A class of vertebrates distinguished by their feathers and their two legs and two wings. Birds are warm-blooded animals, and their young hatch from eggs.

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Some scientists argue that modern birds are descended from the dinosaurs.

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It is one of the UK's most-loved garden birds and along with species like wrens can still be heard singing, external long after some other species go quiet.

From BBC

The farm has also recorded significant increases in moths and breeding birds.

From BBC

First introduced to England in the 1500s, the birds gradually gained in popularity to become a must on the dinner tables of London's wealthy.

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Then they tested what happens when different interventions - culling birds, quarantining close contacts and targeted vaccination - kicked in.

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It was also the world’s biggest bird fryer, incinerating thousands of birds a year.

From The Wall Street Journal

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