Egypt's 'spying' stork and other incidents of animal espionage

A swan has been detained in Egypt on suspicion of being a spy. Except it looks – in pictures released by the Egyptian authorities, who kept referring to it as a "swan" – like a stork. Perhaps it was wearing a disguise. The bird, allegedly working for the French government, was captured in a heroic citizen's arrest by a fisherman who spotted that it was wearing some sort of electronic device. Disappointingly, some actual investigation found it was a tracking device used by French scientists studying the bird's migration patterns. So much for a bird playing the next James Bond

But the spy swork is not the only wiley animal detained on suspicion of spying.

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