Here’s mine:
Mozart had a pet starling, and when it died he arranged for a full funeral and burial, and composed a poem in memory of his bird, which he read at the service.
Here’s mine:
Mozart had a pet starling, and when it died he arranged for a full funeral and burial, and composed a poem in memory of his bird, which he read at the service.
And prairie dogs are vectors for bubonic plague in the southwestern US! Park rangers try to vaccinate them with dosed treats they leave near the burrows.