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On pins and needles

Some biologists study birds that have learned to build nests from the anti-bird spikes that people deploy to deter birds from roosting and nesting on buildings. They’ve documented crows, magpies, and other birds using bird spikes, knitting needles, used hypodermic needles and even barbed wire as nesting materials, and they predict more such architectural ingenuity as manufactured materials become ever more ubiquitous.


In our work at SciLine, we run into an amazing diversity of scientists driven by curiosity to understand the fascinating world in which we live. We regularly highlight a topic you might be surprised or delighted to know is the subject of scientific scrutiny.

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