Recently, I have seen an animal when I was going, uh, jogging on the coast. Uh, it was very unusual. I haven’t seen something like this before. And I had mixed feelings about it when I saw it because it looked very peaceful. I even approached it. Approached, approached it and fed it. I had, like, some food with me and I tried, tried to feed it, and it seemed very friendly. Didn’t harm me at all. But when I got back at home and opened my tv, I heard some news that says that this bird that is, uh, it’s coming from unusual places and it’s harming, uh, the corpse, the crops. So I think this is why I have, or I have this mixed feeling about it, because for me, it seemed very peaceful. But on the news, they said it was harmful. I think this animal is very interesting because it has a weird shape. It is different from other birds. It has a mix of yellow and black. Uh, like the head of it is completely yellow, but the rest of the body is black, which is something that I haven’t seen before in a bird, personally. And also it has a weird nose. It’s big compared to its size, so that makes it, uh, weird for me.
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Recently, I saw an animal when I was jogging on the coast. It was very unusual. I haven't seen anything like this before. I had mixed feelings about it when I saw it because it looked very peaceful. I even approached it and fed it. I had some food with me, and I tried to feed it, and it seemed very friendly. It didn't harm me at all. But when I got back home and turned on my TV, I heard some news that said this bird is coming from unusual places and harming the crops. I think this is why I have mixed feelings about it, because for me, it seemed very peaceful. But on the news, they said it was harmful. I think this animal is very interesting because it has a weird shape. It is different from other birds. It has a mix of yellow and black. The head is completely yellow, but the rest of the body is black, which is something I haven't seen before in a bird, personally. Also, it has a weird nose. It's big compared to its size, so that makes it strange for me.
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