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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment

How do animals and birds manage in hurricanes?

Fine weather for ducks ... Naples, Florida, in the aftermath of hurricane Irma.
Fine weather for ducks ... Naples, Florida, in the aftermath of hurricane Irma. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

After Harvey, Irma and now Maria, I wonder how wild animals and birds manage in hurricanes? Do they “migrate” temporarily at the first signs of the impending storm or have other ways of surviving? Or do they simply perish in huge numbers?

Jo Macdonald, Dorset

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