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Recordist's notes
sows reared outdoors on an industrial scale in bare sandy soil continually, audibly chewing on stones which they drop and play with in their empty metal troughs; abnormal behaviour expressing frustration with nothing to forage, a way of managing stress and coping with a poor diet. https://sophiestandford.com/
About the place
Lowestoft is a town of about 71,327 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 143 field recordings from here.
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Flagpole
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Sources & credits
- “Suffolk Coastal Path, Covehithe, UK - pigs chewing stones” by Sophie Standford – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0