3rd April 2025
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Ducks Adjust the Penis Size, a Societal Need

by Editor in Birds 0

There are only two animals that adjust their penis according to environment or societal needs: the sessile hermaphroditic acorn barnacle, and the duck. Now a study published in The Auk: Ornithological Advances show that male ducks can grow [...]

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An Unusual Ritual of Chimpanzee

A group of archaeologists report in Scientific Reports that chimpanzees habitually bang and throw rocks against trees, or toss them into tree cavities, resulting in conspicuous stone accumulations at these sites. This represents the first record of […]

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Avian Intelligence

More human jobs lost to AI – that is, Avian Intelligence. The Puy du Fou theme park in the west of France has hired six corvids to pick up litter. The rooks have been trained […]

Birds

A symbiotic relationship between woodpeckers and fungi

It has been proposed that birds spread fungi to new environment and in return fungi help woodpeckers to soften the tree which help them to dig in easier. An interesting story is shared at: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/seriouslyscience/2018/03/02/flashback-friday-woodpeckers-use-wood-eating-fungus-to-make-their-pecking-easier/#.Wu3tpRIrKu4

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