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City birds use cigarette butts to fight nest parasites

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City birds use cigarette butts to fight nest parasites

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Nature and Gardening@beehaw.org · 13 days ago

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City birds are using cigarette butts in their nests to reduce parasites, but the toxic tradeoff may come with hidden risks for chicks.

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I’m sorry but all I could think of was that scene from the Orville. “Five. Hundred. Cigarettes.”

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