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"description": "I subscribe to Cornell Lab's All About Birds RSS feed. Through the feed, I learned that \"[t]he oldest known Mallard was a male, and at least 27 years, 7 months old when he was shot in Arkansas in 2008. He had been banded in Louisiana in 1981.\" Impressive, albeit an unfortunate end to a mallard life well-lived.",
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"textContent": "I subscribe to Cornell Lab’s All About Birds RSS feed. Through the feed, I learned that “[t]he oldest known Mallard was a male, and at least 27 years, 7 months old when he was shot in Arkansas in 2008. He had been banded in Louisiana in 1981.” Impressive, albeit an unfortunate end to a mallard life well-lived.",
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