Song Sparrow at Queen's University Biological Station, Ontario, Canada (IMAGE)

Queen's University

Song Sparrow at Queen's University Biological Station, Ontario, Canada

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Research conducted at Queen's University Biological Statio in Kingston, Canada, suggests that song-sharing amongst song sparrow populations is actually an aggressive behavior, akin to flinging insults back and forth.

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Scott MacDougall-Shackleton.

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