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Show Passionate Love Sonj Fatal to Capercailzie The male capercailzie ends his love song with such a passionate note that he is deaf to the world for Its duration of about two minutes and hunters of this bird take advantage of the fact. In their quest of this largest variety of grouse found wild In wooded sections sec-tions of Europe and Asln, the hunters operate only In the breeding season, ' for "the deaf one," the bird is called In Russia, normally has acute hearing. When the song Is first heard the hunter hunt-er advances iih quickly and as close as he can before the love-call ends, then waits until the next period of song and deafness. It Is said Unit the capercailzie can hear the snapping of a twig half a mile away when he Is not singing and It sometimes takes a hunter hours to get close enough to shoot. |