Each bird is reacting, not to the size of a huge flock, but just to the seven birds around it. They calculated this, they used physics and some italian researchers came up with it. It's like you're super in tune with your little posse. And then a bunch of little posses make up one big, swirling, diving, massive monster posse. Iren: "I've seen it so many times, and i've never seen them like crash"
Birds! Horned screamers! Winged pirates! Professional bird-person and all around cool dude James Maley joins Alie to talk about bird mating, monogamy, the cult of ornithology, absurd birds, parrots that are smarter than your friends' kids, a surprising fact about owl ears and history's most tragically zealous bird nerds. If you love birds, you'll be at home. If a bird did you dirty, you'll open your heart and learn to love again.
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