The study, released by the Australian National University (ANU) on Friday, found that birds belonging to the Australasian wren family endemic to Australia and New Guinea have the capacity to learn the alarm calls of other species. Robert Magrath, the lead author of the study from the ANU's ...
How did the researchers get their findings?CA. By calculating the beak angles of aerial and groundpredators.B. By comparing the magic and the miner responses tothreats.C. By monitoring the magpie responses to the miner warningcalls.D. By recording the magpie louder scream for other birds...
Australian magpies can understand what other birds are saying to each other, a new study has found.The research, published in the journal Animal Behaviour, says the magpie has learned the meanings of different noisy miner calls and essentially eavesdrops(偷听) to find out which predators (捕食动...
Australian Whistlers. Australia is home to an array of bird species, among them, whistlers stand out for their unique songs and behaviors.
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In central displays a variety of special attitudes are used accompanied by special calls, while in peripheral displays the birds adopt a peculiar strutting gait with feathers either sleeked or ruffled and wings drooped or lifted. The two species show many similarities in their behaviour and the ...
She said it was unclear whether other birds could do the same, but it was highly likely other magpies around Australia already did. "Magpies are a pretty smart group. We're not sure if they''re learning this from other magpies or if they're figuring it out on their own, but the ab...
【题目】阅读Australian magpies can understand what other birds are saying to each other, a new study has foged.The research, published in the journal Animal Behatior, seys the magple has learted the meanings of differen noay miner calls and essentially eavesdrops (偷听) to find our which ...
The expression was first recorded as “chuckey” in 1855, according to the ANU and has since evolved to refer to other birds, and sometimes older women in the form “old chook.” ‘I didn’t come down in the last shower!’ An expression used by Aussies essentially to say that they’...
Crates and his team realized that the birds were so endangered (there are only 300 left in the wild) that their limited contact with other regent honeyeaters prevented them from learning traditional calls. “They don’t get the chance to hang around with other honeyeaters and learn what the...