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Bird Embryos Can Discern Between Calls – a First in Nature

Bird Embryos Can Discern Between Calls – a First in Nature

November 4, 2014December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 4 Comments

We’re not the only species that can recognize voices in the womb: Inside the egg, tiny songbirds called superb fairy wrens can discriminate sounds from different birds of their own species, a new study reveals. The embryos pay attention to surrounding noises and can tell if they are listening to calls from a fairy wren […]

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