Monday, August 18, 2014

Magpies afraid of shiny objects – Latest News

By: Gerben van ‘t Hof
08/18/14 – 06u35
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Magpies have not usual to steal, as traditionally assumed. jewels and other shiny objects The birds are often also afraid of shiny objects, British scientists writing in the journal Animal Cognition.



The researchers put shiny objects such as aluminum foil, screws and washers in the vicinity of both domesticated and wild birds.
“We found no evidence of an attraction to shiny objects when magpies, “said research leader Toni Shepherd.

The animals took only 2 of the 64 tests a shiny object. The ‘thieving’ magpie is under more central to the opera “La Gazza Ladra” by Rossini from 1817 A maid is almost executed because they would have been stolen, while a magpie was the real culprit. A silver spoon

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