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Mysterious synchronized murmuration of starlings forming dancing clouds was once considered an omen from gods

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When thousands of deeply identical small birds magically flock together in completely seamless fluid waves, the sky seems truly alive. Before modern behavioral science heavily explained the incredibly rapid visual reactions between neighboring wings, deeply superstitious societies fully believed these dark shifting clouds foretold absolute doom.

Mysterious synchronized murmuration of starlings forming dancing clouds was once considered an omen from gods
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