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West Nile virus ends Arie Pieters’s 12-year study of two crows
Arie Pieters, 64, spent 12 years following the same pair of crows every day in ’s-Gravendeel.
His observations produced ten books totaling 1,400 pages.
They also recorded many unusual stories about the birds.
This summer, the West Nile virus brought his daily routine to an abrupt end.
Pieters now has to say goodbye to the crows he followed.
No further plans are given.
Arie Pieters’s 12-year study of a pair of crows in ’s-Gravendeel ended abruptly this summer because of West Nile virus.
Pieters had followed the same two crows every day.
The study resulted in ten books and 1,400 pages.
Pieters is 64.
- Who
- Arie Pieters, 64, who followed a pair of crows.
- What
- His 12-year daily study of the two crows ended abruptly.
- When
- This summer.
- Where
- ’s-Gravendeel, the Netherlands.
- Why
- West Nile virus brought the study to an abrupt end.
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Pieters followed the same pair of crows every day.
West Nile virus abruptly ended the study.
- Study duration
- 12 years
- Crows followed
- 2
- Books
- 10
- Pages
- 1,400
- Location
- ’s-Gravendeel
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