Scientists Are Teaching Birds to Sing Lost Songs

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When bird populations decline, fledglings may struggle to learn the songs they need to attract mates. Interacting with just two wild-born male “tutors” helped the zoo-bred birds to learn to sing the wild songs. Thereafter, zoo-bred males that had learned the traditional songs went on to tutor the next generation. “Sometimes birds don’t learn very well from CDs or just playbacks.

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