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"textContent": "Last month, tour guides in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard made a grisly discovery, chancing upon the carcasses of a young male polar bear and an adult walrus in an advanced state of decay. They alerted the authorities, who dispatched experts to collect samples.\n\nContinue Reading\n\n**Category:** Environment, Science\n\n**Tags:** polar bears, Arctic, H5N1, avian-influenza",
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