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https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/23/world/bird-self-medicates-scn-scli-intl

The world’s heaviest bird capable of flight could be the latest animal to use plants as a form of medication.

Researchers from Madrid in Spain studied data on 619 droppings belonging to great bustards and discovered that the two species of plants that were eaten more than other foods in their diet had “antiparasitic effects.” [...]

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