James showed the BBC the amulets, which were made of fowl feathers, animal skins and herbs, covered in leather and cloth.

Whispers of a “fowl plague” date back to the late 19th Century, while H5N1 specifically was first detected in 1996 in Chinese geese.

Dridi and other researchers wanted to see how much genetic differences there were between jungle fowl and modern breeds.

The disease was first identified in Italy in the late 19th century and was initially referred to as “fowl plague,” as it was confused with a form of fowl cholera.

What I saw above Idaho was neither fish nor fowl, and I could not quite convince myself it was real.