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Re: Mirrors

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Subject: Re: Mirrors
From: "Philip A. Veerman" <>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 23:17:25 +1000
I've forgotten the source of this but a zoo provided large mirrors to captive Flamingoes as an encouragement for them to breed. This was on the basis that this made them think there was more of them than there was and thus facilitate their libido. Apparently they only breed when in large aggregations.
 
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