This Radiolab episode tells the poignant true story of Nigel, a gannet who lived on New Zealand’s Mana Island, forming a deep bond with a concrete decoy bird in a failed conservation effort to establish a new colony. Though his lonely devotion captured global attention, the story ultimate
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