Jatinga, where birds commit suicide?
ATN - November 4th, 2010 - Category: News
Haflong (Assam), Nov 4 (IANS) The tranquillity of Jatinga, a scenic village nestling among the Borail Hills range, is shattered every night by a disturbing occurrence – the ‘mass suicide’ of hundreds of birds.
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The ‘suicide’, however, is just a part of the mystery. The more baffling question is why birds fly after sunset at all, as reserach shows that most birds are diurnal, that is, active only during the day.
The late Salim Ali, the country’s pre-eminent ornithologist, too was struck by this oddity. ‘The most puzzling thing to me about this phenomenon is that so many species of diurnal resident birds should be on the move when, by definition, they should be fast asleep. The problem deserves a deeper scientific study from various angels,’ he had written.
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Some bird specialists attribute the phenomenon to the electro-magnetic forces of Jatinga, which is surrounded by geographical faultlines all round. But no conclusive evidence has emerged till now.
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