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Current AffairsIn the Beskydy they don't just counting sheep!
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Current AffairsGrowing number of rodents in city to be curbed in one month's time
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Current AffairsNational Network of Sanctuaries for Handicapped Animals saves the lost and cures the sick
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the winter and others are not eager to return home. But for those who do
still follow the traditional ways, now is the time to fly home. But it is
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watching birds this weekend? Find out more in this week's edition of
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Current AffairsCzech scientist: feeling depressed, withdrawn? Blame your cat
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feeling jealous, withdrawn, depressed? Women - have you been feeling
unusually outgoing, flirtatious even? Well, if you have noticed some
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infected with a parasite called toxoplasma - and believe it or not, you
probably caught it from your cat. No, we haven't gone completely mad:
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cat-borne toxoplasma parasite, and their behaviour has changed as a
result. So what - exactly - is the toxoplasma bug?
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MagazineNew Odyssey - tracking black storks to their wintering grounds
Czech Radio is co-organizer of a project which involves tracking black
storks to their wintering grounds in Africa and India. The aim of this
project is not just to help establish the various migration routes that
these birds take every spring and autumn but to help protect them along
the way. The last experiment conducted with three black storks to which
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important it is to try and ensure their greater safety. Two of them
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shot in Pakistan, Peter's flight ended somewhere in the Afghan mountains.
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