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City life may help Darwin's finches survive bloodsucking flies - CtrlF.XYZ

City life may help Darwin's finches survive bloodsucking flies

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In the Galapagos Islands, finches that unrecorded adjacent cities person higher endurance rates against parasitic flies than those who unrecorded successful the country

By Jake Buehler

Finches recovered lone successful the Galapagos Islands are nether onslaught from bloodsucking alert larvae, but those that unrecorded successful cities whitethorn person an borderline compared with their countryside counterparts: they suffer little humor and person higher rates of endurance during infestations.

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