Has anyone been keeping tabs on animals? Because it seems like things have really gone off the rails.
India's police have been keeping a pigeon in custody for 8 months after accusing it of being a SPY FOR CHINA! Some potty-mouthed parrots in a UK zoo are encouraging each other to cause a ruckus. Floridians are losing their minds (and sleep) over an infestation of randy fish and female primates are ruling the roost and chuckin out all the macho monkeys.
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Topics Covered: India frees pigeon accused of spying for China, Swearing parrots get separated at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Centre, Floridians losing sleep over mysterious bass mating sounds, Dominant females in many primate species, Kids ruining space, The silent social code, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, Potty mouth parrots, Performing animals, Movie nights, Science American, Weird animal news.
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00:00 - It begins
00:35 - India frees pigeon they thought was a Chinese spy
12:18 - British Wildlife Sanctuary forced to separate swearing birds
17:06 - Kids ruin everything
20:57 - The breaking of social rules
22:22 - A couple of showboat birds
25:31 - Florida’s mating bass keeping the town up at night
33:50 - Male monkeys aren’t so dominant
42:00 - Outro
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