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Fig. 2

From: A description of the gross pathology of drowning and other causes of mortality in seabirds

Fig. 2

Variation in appearance of the fluid in the air sacs of drowned birds. These three GN divers died in the same incident and were submitted freshly dead. a: clear fluid is drawn from the clavicular air sac of a freshly dead bird. b: This bird had been held at 4o C for 24 h. The fluid is blood tinged and is being aspirated from the axillary diverticulum of the left clavicular air sac. c: This bird had been stored at minus 20o C for two months; the fluid is being drawn from the axillary diverticulum of the right clavicular air sac and is dark red

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