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Bustards may use plants to treat STIs during the breeding season

23 November 2022

Male great bustards seek out two toxic plants during the birds' breeding season, and extracts from these plants have been found to kill common pathogens in the lab

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Bustards may use plants to treat STIs during the breeding season

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