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Great Tits are Killing Birds and Eating Their Brains. Climate Change May be to Blame.

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday March 03 2020, @01:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the ~blame dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

Every year, little black-and-white birds called pied flycatchers make the lengthy trek from sub-saharan Africa to northern Europe to feast on caterpillars, claim a nest, and have babies. This typically goes off without a hitch, and the birds return to Africa a few months later, offspring in tow. But recently, some flycatchers have arrived to find their nesting sites occupied by haughty, territorial great tits. And those birds don't just chase flycatchers away—they brutally attack them, kill them, and eat their brains.

Source: https://www.popsci.com/great-tits-murder-climate-change/

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday March 03 2020, @04:58AM (2 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday March 03 2020, @04:58AM (#965856) Homepage Journal

    I knew I could count on you guys to see that all the important jokes were made while I was busy.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 03 2020, @05:10AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 03 2020, @05:10AM (#965859)

    Nah, they missed one...

    But recently, some flycatchers have arrived to find their nesting sites occupied by haughty, territorial great tits. And those birds don't just chase flycatchers away—they brutally attack them, kill them, and eat their brains.

    Zombie tits.

    Let history show it wasn't Y2K, ebola, corona virus, or even climate change that killed us all.... it was zombie tits.