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Yes, they can carry a lot of diseases such as west nile virus and the bird flu, just to name a couple. The chances that a bird would directly transmit a disease to you are very slim though. You are more likely to get something from a mosquito that previous fed on the bird.

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Yes don't touch it. As a matter a fact don't touch anything dead for that matter!

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