PhysOrg Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Highly-social zebra finches learn foraging skills from their parents. However, new research has found that when juvenile finches are exposed to elevated stress hormones just after hatching, they will later switch strategies and learn only from unrelated adult birds - ignoring their parents' way of doing things and instead gaining foraging skills from the wider network of other adult finches. Read the full article on phys.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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