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An elite group of black Carnaby’s cockatoos has been fitted with satellite tracking devices in an Australian first bird data collection measure. The six rehabilitated Carnaby’s cockatoos were released at Perry Lakes in Perth, their natural habitat, and will be monitored to examine the dispersal and movement patterns of the six …

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  1. jake Silver badge

    The results from 6 birds ...

    ... out of a population of 40K+ will be statistically meaningless.

    This is "feel good research", not science.

    1. Paul Kinsler

      Re: The results from 6 birds ...

      I'm sure they'd be happy for you to fund a bigger, follow-on study once they've got the practicalities worked out and tested on this one.

  2. Field Commander A9

    reminds me of a scene in the final fantasy movie

    where the heroin says she was tracking a certain sparrow(nothing to do with the captain) from space....

    1. jake Silver badge

      Re: reminds me of a scene in the final fantasy movie

      Sounds like she was on drugs to me ;-)

  3. Elmer Phud
    Mushroom

    commenters fail?

    All that stuff about 'Cockatoo' and not one Paris icon?

    Shame on you!

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