A new study shows that having the biggest playlist doesn't make a male songbird the brainiest of the bunch. "For songbirds, singing a lot of songs indicates a bird is smart, but that signal is not necessarily indicative of intelligence for everything," said Duke biologist Steve Nowicki. In a series of problem-solving tests with the birds, he and his colleagues found that the male song sparrows that sang the most songs learned to solve food-finding puzzles ...Sunday, 26 May 2013
Songbird's Playlist Could Indicate Its Mental Strengths And Weaknesses
A new study shows that having the biggest playlist doesn't make a male songbird the brainiest of the bunch. "For songbirds, singing a lot of songs indicates a bird is smart, but that signal is not necessarily indicative of intelligence for everything," said Duke biologist Steve Nowicki. In a series of problem-solving tests with the birds, he and his colleagues found that the male song sparrows that sang the most songs learned to solve food-finding puzzles ...
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