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The pointiest birds in the wild blue yonder finally get their due! Join us to learn all of these lethal birds killer secrets, and to discover their hidden softer sides. Some use teamwork! Some keep pets!
Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!
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A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen
[Definition]
https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-raptor-research/volume-53/issue-4/0892-1016-53.4.419/Commentary-Defining-Raptors-and-Birds-of-Prey/10.3356/0892-1016-53.4.419.full
[Trivia Question]
Alkyl mercury in goshawks
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10646-013-1128-z
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4312117?casa_token=3PPQWWTwiYAAAAAA%3A7giiI7DEJGZCee8kh5vBBGP51efUFHyxLFdfDGHESY1plAdhTZLY8F5sua8iP5JMNYzhZaNZRjWpC9gYSiKEeZo5sU_BxcEbUk38ZTwCEA37g9mOpHo&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
[Fact Off]
Bald eagle cyanobacteria toxin mystery
https://www.livescience.com/eagle-killing-mystery-disease-solved.html
https://www.inverse.com/science/mystery-behind-mass-bald-eagle-deaths-solved
Screech owls & threadsnakes
https://www.audubon.org/news/what-would-screech-owl-want-blind-snake
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4218201?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
https://landscapeipm.tamu.edu/what-is-ipm/ipm-concepts/pest-identification/good-bug-bad-bug/neither/texas-blind-snake/
http://www.digimorph.org/specimens/Leptotyphlops_dulcis/
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/eastern-screech-owl
[Ask the Science Couch]
Harris’s hawks (social raptors)
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Harriss_Hawk/overview
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/harriss-hawk
https://bioone.org/journals/the-auk/volume-130/issue-3/auk.2013.120063/Reexamining-Cooperative-Hunting-in-Harriss-Hawk-Parabuteo-unicinctus--Large/10.1525/auk.2013.120063.full
[Butt One More Thing]
Anthrax in raptor cloacas
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17347404/
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The pointiest birds in the wild blue yonder finally get their due! Join us to learn all of these lethal birds killer secrets, and to discover their hidden softer sides. Some use teamwork! Some keep pets!
Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!
And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker!
A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen
[Definition]
https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-raptor-research/volume-53/issue-4/0892-1016-53.4.419/Commentary-Defining-Raptors-and-Birds-of-Prey/10.3356/0892-1016-53.4.419.full
[Trivia Question]
Alkyl mercury in goshawks
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10646-013-1128-z
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4312117?casa_token=3PPQWWTwiYAAAAAA%3A7giiI7DEJGZCee8kh5vBBGP51efUFHyxLFdfDGHESY1plAdhTZLY8F5sua8iP5JMNYzhZaNZRjWpC9gYSiKEeZo5sU_BxcEbUk38ZTwCEA37g9mOpHo&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
[Fact Off]
Bald eagle cyanobacteria toxin mystery
https://www.livescience.com/eagle-killing-mystery-disease-solved.html
https://www.inverse.com/science/mystery-behind-mass-bald-eagle-deaths-solved
Screech owls & threadsnakes
https://www.audubon.org/news/what-would-screech-owl-want-blind-snake
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4218201?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
https://landscapeipm.tamu.edu/what-is-ipm/ipm-concepts/pest-identification/good-bug-bad-bug/neither/texas-blind-snake/
http://www.digimorph.org/specimens/Leptotyphlops_dulcis/
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/eastern-screech-owl
[Ask the Science Couch]
Harris’s hawks (social raptors)
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Harriss_Hawk/overview
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/harriss-hawk
https://bioone.org/journals/the-auk/volume-130/issue-3/auk.2013.120063/Reexamining-Cooperative-Hunting-in-Harriss-Hawk-Parabuteo-unicinctus--Large/10.1525/auk.2013.120063.full
[Butt One More Thing]
Anthrax in raptor cloacas
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17347404/
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