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conulyShe had had three, but now there are only two. Google suggests she probably started with ten. It's not for lack of maternal vigilance! When she saw us coming, she set up gobbling until her two remaining chicks flew up to the nearest fence and perched out of reach of the doggies. But it's not enough, clearly. Poor little chicks :(
Maybe she'll have better luck next year.
* Actually, I looked this one up. Apparently, they don't hang out in flocks when their babies are young. They stay solitary until their chicks, or poults, are a little bigger, and then they reflock. So she probably does hang out with a flock during that time of year when turkeys do that.
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Maybe she'll have better luck next year.
* Actually, I looked this one up. Apparently, they don't hang out in flocks when their babies are young. They stay solitary until their chicks, or poults, are a little bigger, and then they reflock. So she probably does hang out with a flock during that time of year when turkeys do that.
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The 'Mount Everest' of bacteria discovered in Caribbean swamps
When Cats Chew Catnip, It Works as a Bug Spray
Developmental dyslexia essential to human adaptive success (Isn't this what we say about all the other little accreted bits of neurodivergence?)
Lifting the Flap
Vintage photos of Victorian burlesque dancers and their elaborate costumes, 1890
The Calutron Girls: the Women Who Helped Build the Bomb
Octavia Butler’s Roots in Black History (I liked her books better when I didn't realize how prescient they were)
On conflating drag, (and femininity), with sexuality
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‘It was stolen from me’: Black doctors are forced out of training programs at far higher rates than white residents
At LGBTQ Pride, celebration but also worry over civil rights
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