Battery birds' nests

The town of Ranong in Thailand is undergoing a construction boom, but the new homes are for birds, not people. And not just any old birds; they are for the tiny swifts whose nests are used in bird's nest soup. The idea is to construct buildings that mimic the swiftlets' natural living conditions; the dark, damp caves of South East Asia's tropical regions.

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