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Be ungovernable, like birds who make nests OUT OF ANTI-BIRD SPIKES. A new study describes resourceful Dutch & Belgian corvids besting evil architecture by stealing metal anti-bird strips and using them like thorny twigs, to construct their homes.

Like thorns, the spikes may protect their nests from predators.

Lead author Auke-Florian Hiemstra wrote an epic 🧵 about his research that's worth a read: https://twitter.com/AukeFlorian/status/1678703433900064773

Paper: https://www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl/organisatie/publicaties/deinsea/deinsea-21/

#science #SciComm #birds #netherlands

A bird's nest made of metal anti-bird spikes, against a white background.
A bird's nest in a tree in Antwerp. The nest is made of metal anti-bird spikes.

Deinsea 21

www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl
#science #birds #scicomm #netherlands

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A memory of walking in Middelburg, five years ago today.

#photography #Netherlands #memories #sunset #travel #Middelburg #photo
#photo #travel #photography #sunset #netherlands #memories #middelburg

The #Netherlands ‘s rural #cycling network could be the eighth wonder of the world: thousands of miles of smooth, signed, scenic, separated paths connecting every remote corner of the country.

The result? A cycle #tourism industry worth €2.4 billion annually to the national economy.
A woman in an orange wool coat and pink winter hat rides a black electric bike on a separated cycle path in rural Zeeland, the Netherlands.
A woman in an orange wool coat and pink winter hat rides a black electric bike on a separated cycle path in rural Zeeland, the Netherlands.
A woman in an orange wool coat and pink winter hat rides a black electric bike on a separated cycle path in rural Zeeland, the Netherlands.
A woman in an orange wool coat and pink winter hat rides a black electric bike on a separated cycle path in rural Zeeland, the Netherlands.
#cycling #netherlands #tourism

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