PhysOrg Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 (Phys.org) —A trio of researchers with Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster in Germany has found that a species of bird, the superb fairy wren, is able to distinguish between adult calls while still inside its egg. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Hendrik Eggert, Joachim Kurtz and Maike Diddens-de Buhr describe their study of the little birds and how what they found appears to explain the means by which newly hatched offspring outwit cuckoo birds. Read the full article on PhysOrg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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