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21 year old Birder - UK lifelist 326 (Short-toed Snake Eagle) Zoology student at uni of Exeter, on placement at Aigas Field Centre, FC Halifax Town, he/him
Jun 9, 2022 16 tweets 5 min read
Very pleased to see a long segment at the start of today's @BBCSpringwatch episode about Bird Flu. But there's a LOT more to be done. A thread...

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1/15 Bird Flu will be referred to as AI (avian influenza) from now on in this thread.

First, the facts. When a bird is infected with AI, research suggests that it will likely die within 28 hours. However this isn't the end of the matter.

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