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In New Guinea, There’s A Bird That Can Poison You With Its Feathers

When researcher and bird expert Jack Dumbacher was mist-netting in New Guinea, his team accidentally caught a lot of hooded pitohui while looking for the Raggiana bird-of-paradise. No problem, except ...
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Scientists in Papua New Guinea captured video of a bird they had thought to be extinct

(CNN) — A bird thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea. The black-naped pheasant-pigeon was documented by scientists for the first and last time in ...
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Two new species of poisonous birds found in jungle. They taste ‘spicy,’ locals say

One of the newly-discovered poisonous bird species, the rufous-naped bellbird or Aleadryas rufinucha. Photo from the University of Copenhagen Flying through the jungles of Papau New Guinea, two ...
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Bird thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea

A bird thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea. The black-naped pheasant-pigeon was documented by scientists for the first and last time in 1882, ...
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New species of poisonous birds discovered in New Guinea jungle by Danish researchers

New Guinea - Researchers recently discovered two new species of poisonous birds during an expedition into the jungles of New Guinea. According to the University of Copenhagen, Knud Jønsson and his ...