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Be Glad Someone Takes Airplane 'Snarge' Seriously

There's a word for what becomes of birds that collide with airplanes

(Newser) - Following a recent piece about the origin myth of starlings—the small black birds that move in cloud-like, synchronous flocks— New York Times writer Jason Bittel was overrun with questions and commentary about “snarge,” the term biologists and aviation professionals use for the bits or clumps of bird...

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