Sunday, January 9, 2011

Dailymail.co.uk - "Animal death mystery: 8k turtle doves fall dead in Italy with blue stain on beaks." #tcot

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Overeating and indigestion blamed for 8,000 turtle doves falling dead in Italy with strange blue stain on their beaks

By Wil Longbottom dailymail.co.uk

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Thousands of dead turtle doves that rained down on roofs and cars in an Italian town were victims of their on greed, an expert claimed today.

Residents in Faenza described the birds falling to the ground like 'little Christmas balls' with strange blue stains on their beaks.

Initial tests on up to 8,000 of the doves indicated that the blue stain could have been caused by poisoning or hypoxia.


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