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Too much sex may endanger bird

Tuesday 08 December 1998 00:02 GMT
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Too much sex may endanger bird

TOO MUCH sex may lead a rare New Zealand bird, the Hihi, to extinction, a researcher warned. There was a possible link between the Hihi's aggressive mating behaviour and exposure to a fungal disease, said Isabel Castro, who was hired to find out why the birds were dying.

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