“Want to get chummy with a chickadee? There’s an app for that. But is it good for the birds?” (National Geographic).

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• Nature reserves say birdsong apps could disrupt wildlife in a major way (theverge.com)
• Bird Photographers Beware: Birdsong Apps May Seriously Disrupt Wildlife (petapixel.com)
• Mobile apps that mimic birdsong are threatening the nesting habits of rare migratory species, experts warn (dailymail.co.uk)
• Birdsong app ‘putting birds off nesting’ (telegraph.co.uk)
• The surprising uses for birdsong (bbc.co.uk)

“Stoners, pill-poppers and drug regulators everywhere: turn your eyes to New Zealand. The country looks set to adopt new laws permitting the limited sale of some designer drugs for recreational purposes. The legislation is the first in the world to regulate new recreational drugs based on scientific evidence of their risk of harm.” (New Scientist).

“For every designer drug the authorities ban, clandestine labs are churning out a new version. No wonder the law cant keep up…” ( — Vaughan Bell, The Observer).

Is this the elusive Jersey Devil as some Redditors have speculated? Perhaps its the dreaded Chupacabras? Or a bastard cousin of the Montauk Monster? The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation claims its just a furless squirrel. But then, thats what theyd want us to think. (Boing Boing).