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Ryan Truscott

Scientists in Morocco use fake nests to entice flamingos to breed

Greater flamingo, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, Sep 2018. © WikiCommons/Kandukuru Nagarjun

Scientists in Morocco have set up artificial nests as part of a strategy to tempt greater flamingos to breed in the North African country for the first time in more than 50 years.

The distinctive long-legged birds obliged, in what’s being seen as a sign of hope for a species threatened by habitat loss around the globe.

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