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It's a cold, hard world for the baby barn swallow: only the fit get fed, reports Sara Abdulla.

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  1. Saino,N., Ninni, P., Calza, S., Martinelli, R., De Bernardi, F., Møller, A.P. Better red than dead: carotenoid-based mouth coloration reveals infection in barn swallow nestlings. Royal Society Proceedings B 267, 57 2000.

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