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4. Januar 2012
Songbirds recognize relatives by their smell
Biologists at Bielefeld University make new discovery in zebra finches
The
behavioural scientists Dr. Tobias Krause and Dr. Barbara Caspers from
Bielefeld University have discovered that songbirds use their sense of
smell for social communication and can apply this to distinguish
relatives from non-relatives. The scientists' study is being published
today (4 January) in the online version of the journal Biology Letters
published by the renowned British Royal Society. Only recently, the two
biologists were able to confirm that songbirds – in contrast to previous
claims in the textbooks – have a sense of smell.
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