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Craze for quails: Zimbabwe looks to bird for economic boost
HARARE, Zimbabwe — A small bird has assumed heavyweight significance in Zimbabwe.Thousands of unemployed people are looking to the quail as a deliverance from the dire economic conditions in this southern African country. While quail farming is already big in countries such as India, few Zimbabweans outside bird experts and rural folk knew about the shy bird until a few months ago, when rumors spread that the quail has medicinal value.
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Why do they keep saying "Quail birds?" That makes as much sense as saying "Robin birds." Everyone knows what a quail is.