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Hundreds of birds in 'collective suicide' at Ecuadorian high-altitude lakes

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Video. Hundreds of birds die in 'collective suicide' in Ecuador. Here's why.

Updated: 25/09/2018 - 17:00 GMT+2

A remote Andean village in Ecuador celebrates the peculiar "collective suicide" ritual of migratory birds into their sacred lake.

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