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  2. Abnormal behaviour of birds in captivity - Wikipedia

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    Abnormal behavior of birds in captivity has been found to occur among both domesticated and wild birds. [1] Abnormal behavior can be defined in several ways. Statistically, 'abnormal' is when the occurrence, frequency or intensity of a behaviour varies statistically significantly , either more or less, from the normal value. [ 2 ]

  3. Glossary of bird terms - Wikipedia

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    A typical vaned feather features a main shaft called the quill with an upper section called the rachis. Fused to the rachis are a series of branches, or barbs ; the barbs in turn have barbules branching off them, and they in turn branch yet again with a series of growths called barbicels , some of which have minute hooks called hooklets for ...

  4. Corvus - Wikipedia

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    Hooded crow (Corvus cornix) in flight Jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) scavenging on a dead shark at a beach in Kumamoto, Japan. Medium-large species are ascribed to the genus, ranging from 34 cm (13 in) of some small Mexican species to 60–70 cm (24–28 in) of the large common raven and thick-billed raven, which together with the lyrebird represent the larger passerines.

  5. Network Abstraction Layer - Wikipedia

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    Each access unit contains a set of VCL NAL units that together compose a primary coded picture. It may also be prefixed with an access unit delimiter to aid in locating the start of the access unit. Some supplemental enhancement information containing data such as picture timing information may also precede the primary coded picture.

  6. CROWS - Wikipedia

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    The CROWS system provides an operator with the ability to acquire and engage targets while inside a vehicle, protected by its armor. It is designed to mount on a variety of vehicle platforms and supports the Mk 19 grenade launcher , 12.7 mm M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun , 7.62 mm M240B Machine Gun , and 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon .

  7. Scavenger - Wikipedia

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    Competition for carrion results in the inclusion or exclusion of certain scavengers from access to carrion, shaping the scavenger community. When carrion decomposes at a slower rate during cooler seasons, competitions between scavengers decrease, while the number of scavenger species present increases. [4]

  8. Direct-access storage device - Wikipedia

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    A direct-access storage device (DASD) (pronounced / ˈ d æ z d iː /) is a secondary storage device in which "each physical record has a discrete location and a unique address". The term was coined by IBM to describe devices that allowed random access to data, the main examples being drum memory and hard disk drives . [ 1 ]

  9. Storage pest - Wikipedia

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    A storage pest is an insect or other animal that damages or destroys stored food or other valuable organic matter. [1] Insects make up a large proportion of storage pests, with each type of crop having specific insects that gravitate towards them.