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Birds sniff out their relatives

Montpellier : France | Jul 18, 2012 at 7:29 PM PDT
Source: BBC
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Seabirds are able to pick out their relatives from smell alone, according to scientists. In a "recognition test", European storm petrels chose to avoid the scent of a relative in favour of approaching the smell of an unrelated bird. The researchers think this behaviour prevents the birds from "accidentally... FULL ARTICLE AT BBC
 
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