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Austrailian Birds Discovered Singing To Their Eggs

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In an Incredible Discovery, Wrens Teach Their Babies to Sing Before They're Hatched

Nature08 January 2024
By Carly Cassella

A little over a decade ago, researchers in Australia were placing recorders in the nests of superb fairywrens (Malurus cyaneus) when they discovered something entirely unexpected.

The female songbirds were singing to their unhatched eggs.

Even more astonishing, when the chicks finally hatched, experts noticed that all the birds that grew up in the same nest used a similar tune to beg their mother and father for food.

More here:
https://www.sciencealert.com/in-an-...ch-their-babies-to-sing-before-theyre-hatched
 
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