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		Hooded pitohui, one of the only toxic birds (australiangeographic.com.au)
		11 points by thunderbong 6 months ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 3 comments

codr7 6 months ago [–]

My guess is it was simply trying to blend in with the rest of Australia's animal life.

inkcapmushroom 6 months ago | [–]

The story is about birds from South America.

pmags 6 months ago | | [–]

Pitohui birds are endemic to Papua New Guinea, which is definitively NOT in South America!

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