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Unlike humans, domestic canaries don’t have the option of social distancing when one of their own is ill. But canaries may have evolved a nifty workaround for protecting their populations when disease strikes!

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https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/canary-islands-gm139904264-1785888
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/canary-gm1093631520-293493286
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/immune-system-gm951668074-259777128
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/christmas-canaries-gm165685155-11329281
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/yellow-canary-gm90146117-2377345
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/canary-islands-gm97760026-6122551
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quick_simple_diagram_of_the_behavioral_immune_system.png
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/canary-bird-inside-a-cage-of-steel-wires-perched-on-a-wooden-stick-gm1139176480-304405243
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