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Cassowaries

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Cassowaries’ strange headgear helps them stay cool in the heat

The unusual fin-shaped lumps on cassowaries’ heads help them shed heat in hot weather, suggesting a similar purpose for crests on dinosaurs

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Tyrannosaurus rex might have accidentally helped fruit grow

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Tyrannosaurus rex might have accidentally helped fruit grow

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Peacocks might use their showy tails for covert communication

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Peacocks might use their showy tails for covert communication

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Heavy or light?

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Crows can guess the weight of an object by watching it sway in wind

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cartoon penguins

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The mummified penguins that hold the secrets of Antarctica's past

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We kill 60 billion chickens a year, and their bones get preserved by landfill

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When humans are wiped from Earth, the chicken bones will remain

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birds in tall nests

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Giant baby birds sitting on their potty-like nests make a fine sight

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aerial view of lake

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Thousands of flamingos dine on colourful bacteria in this rainbow lake

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A pair of colourful eggs

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Birds have their dinosaur ancestors to thank for their colourful eggs

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Archaeopteryx

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Dinosaur fossil may be a whole new species of the first birds

A fossil of the dinosaur Archaeopteryx is so unlike any other specimens that it belongs to a new species – and could confirm that the animals were early birds

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Bird-like lungs may have helped dinosaurs rule the world

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Male birds can be good singers or good looking, but not both

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Birds can learn to understand the meanings of other species' calls

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Hundreds of ancient mummified penguins found in Antarctic graveyard

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