Hushed hoarders and prying pilferers

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 19:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

In order to prevent other birds from stealing the food they are storing for later, Eurasian jays, a type of corvid, minimizes any auditory hints a potential pilferer may use to steal their cache (food that is buried for later use). The new research was published today, 05 December, in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

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