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Fairy-Wren Babies Need Password for Food

sciencedaily.com

2 points by georgeg 13 years ago · 0 comments · 1 min read

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This remarkable example of prenatal learning is an adaptation that apparently allows fairy-wren parents to discriminate between their own babies and those of parasitic cuckoos who have invaded their nests. Females also teach their mate and any helpers the password by singing it to them in a "solicitation song" performed away from the nest.

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