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Old 3rd Aug 2017, 07:19
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ixily - very common knowledge for anyone with Territory time that when the slightest column of smoke is created a fire, in come the fire hawks. Actually they are black kites and a couple of other raptor species, they thermal waiting for fleeing insects in the updrafts of air.

As an aside, there is much anecdotal evidence of them actually picking up burning sticks and dropping them elsewhere to start fresh fires although this is yet to be scientifically recorded. It would be the first use of fire as a tool by non humans. Smart critters, just not smart enough to hear an engine and dive....
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