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Wildlife biology

Why do flocks of birds swoop and swirl in the sky? A biologist explains the science of murmurations

Magazine, Maverick Life

Why do flocks of birds swoop and swirl in the sky? A biologist explains the science of murmurations

by: Tom Langen

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