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Longevity of Birds in Captivity

C. Emerson Brown

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BUT little is known of the length of life of birds. Bird banders are doing some valuable work along these lines, but even their data must necessarily be very incomplete. It is difficult to state how much longer a bird will live in the wild than in captivity.

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BUT little is known of the length of life of birds. Bird banders are doing some valuable work along these lines, but even their data must necessarily be very incomplete. It is difficult to state how much longer a bird will live in the wild than in captivity.

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BUT little is known of the length of life of birds. Bird banders are doing some valuable work along these lines, but even their data must necessarily be very incomplete. It is difficult to state how much longer a bird will live in the wild than in captivity.

Key concepts: Longevity, Captivity, Zoology, Biology, Geography, Genetics

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