Gouldian head colour preference

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Tiaris
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When they drink in good light would be a mirror.
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Two Chinese philosophers were walking over a bridge . . .

One said to the other: "Look at those fish; how happy they are."

"You are not a fish," replied the other, "how can you know that they are happy?"

"You are not me." said the first . . "How can you know that I do not know?"

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Tiaris wrote: ↑13 Jul 2017, 21:06 When they drink in good light would be a mirror.
Well that's very true Tiaris, a natural mirror. :thumbup: Seen some spectacular photo's of finches drinking out of puddles that look like they are giving mouth to mouth. Craig :?
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To see the "natures" window effect go to the Finch Society WA website and look at the cover photo ( on the home page)of the latest magazine.
www.finchsocietywa.com
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Probably should have phrased that as "natural" mirror.
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casehulsebosch wrote: ↑13 Jul 2017, 17:23 Gouldian head colours.

Based on the research of Dr.SaraH Pryke. (SaraH with an H)

The red head is the dominant colour.
Research by Sarah has shown that red heads prefer to choose a partner of the same head colour.
Only when this is not achievable does the red head go for the black head.

The female Gouldian can also determine the sex of the offsprings.

Unless people can prove otherwise I am going with Sarah.
But maybe I am a little bias. I call her a friend.

cheers, case
Check this out. Is this true?
http://retractionwatch.com/2015/07/23/d ... iterature/
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Thanks very much for that.
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This retraction of research is very significant news in finch world & deserves greater publicity.
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GouldianGuy wrote: ↑14 Jul 2017, 23:30
Check this out. Is this true?
http://retractionwatch.com/2015/07/23/d ... iterature/
Thanks GouldianGuy. That is certainly an unfortunate development. It is, however, a different study to the research regarding partner selection being influenced by head colour. Were you confusing the two studies when you made your original comment, or is there further evidence of "problematic data" regarding the head colour selection study too? I'm not trying to interrogate you; I simply want to know which manuscripts I can ignore and which I can consider "legit".

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Yes it is Tiaris, and should have come out before now. :o Craig
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