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What do an Australian banknote, a fluorescent mouth guard and a pair of handcuffs have in common? No, it’s not some Australian Rules football-related bank heist. The answer is they are all items used by city-dwelling Australian bowerbirds to impress the local females.
A new study in Queensland reveals that city-dwelling male great bowerbirds are using human items to impress females.
Read more at In an Australian city, birds are collecting handcuffs, medicine jars and banknotes. This is why
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