Science is saving the forty-spotted pardalote – nature’s ridiculous tiny idiot | First Dog on the Moon

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Friday, 14 Aug 2020

# Animals

# Birds

# Wildlife

Blood-sucking maggots are bent on the deaths of these innocent creatures

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Science is saving the forty-spotted pardalote – nature’s ridiculous tiny idiot | First Dog on the Moon

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