Secret Messages in Birdsong?

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Birds convey many types of messages through their songs and calls, but some may have ulterior motives. It may seem a bit foolish, but when BirdNote’s senior producer Mark Bramhill listened to familiar birdsongs in reverse, he heard something very interesting...

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Secret Messages in Birdsong?

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