Sunday 17 August 2014

Magpies are Not Attracted to Shiny Objects, Says Study

A new study has suggested that magpies are not attracted to shiny objects and do not routinely steal small trinkets such as jewellery. In European culture, it is widely accepted that magpies (iPica pica/i) are the pilferers of the bird kingdom, unconditionally attracted to sparkly things and prone to pinching them for their nests, almost as a compulsion. But psychologists at the Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB) at the University of ...

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