Female Antbirds Are Literal Cock-Blockers
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 18:00
in Biology & Nature
When a single female antbird is nearby, those with male partners will sing over the songs of their betrothed in an apparent attempt to keep their messages from getting through, according to a new report in Current Biology. Males, of course, then change their tune. This may be the first evidence that such "signal jamming" and "jamming avoidance" (literal cock-blocking) occurs between mates, according to the researchers. read more
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