Zebra Finches talking to their eggs

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SamDavis
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Interesting research based on a paper in Science by Deakin University researchers in Geelong.

Bit of initial ino here - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-19/w ... gs/7766036

Interview with the researchers - https://radio.abc.net.au/programitem/pg ... ?play=true
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I am neither a scientist nor am I a Zebra Finch . .

But I will treat those hypotheses with a large amount of healthy skepticism . .

While keeping an open mind . . of course :crazy:
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Listened to this yesterday on ABC.

Very very interesting!

Thanks for the post sam.
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So if you want big show birds breed in winter? and if you want higher fertility breed in summer?
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arthur wrote:I am neither a scientist nor am I a Zebra Finch . .

But I will treat those hypotheses with a large amount of healthy skepticism . .

While keeping an open mind . . of course :crazy:
I have to wholeheartedly agree Arthur.

I was very amused with the presumption that fairy-wren mothers communicating to their unhatched embryos could be a defence against cuckoo parasitism. The notion of the unhatched embryo putting his boxing gloves on and swinging aggressively within the eggshell as the cuckoo hatchling ejects it from the nest came to mind. :lol:
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