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The idea was to see whether the rook would wait for the other rook to enter the enclosure so they could once again work together to reach the food.
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That birdwatcher, Charles Darwin, was one of the first to write about the Johnny Rook, but he wouldn't be the last.
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Meiburg actually had the opportunity to travel to the Falkland Islands in search of the Johnny Rook, and his ornithological obsessions come with him on tour.
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More than 150 years ago, a birdwatcher on a trip to the Falkland Islands scribbled down some notes about the behavior of a winged creature that sailors called the Johnny Rook.
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Syria perhaps rises to the level of rook, since it is a nation-state and has a mutual defense treaty with Iran.
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Frontman (and part-time ornithologist) Jonathan Meiburg spoke to Soundcheck host John Schaefer about Rook and led the band in performance at the WNYC Studios.
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This time a single rook was presented with the same tray-string set-up, while its pair waited in a neighbouring cage linked by a one-way flap.
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Enter Canadian Chad Rook, an actor in the new CW show Cult (which is, coincidentally, a show about mysterious disappearances).
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In chess, it is the equivalent of giving a pawn to capture a rook.
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It all unfolds on Rook Island, a lush jungle supposedly somewhere in the eastern Pacific and a battleground between mercenaries, pirates and the indigenous Rakyat.
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Having originally grown out of the Austin indie-rock band Okkervil River, Shearwater completes its final transformation into a distinct unit with Rook.
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