<i>Parus minor</i> in Action (VIDEO)

Kyoto University

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Listening to playback of snake-specific alarm calls, Japanese songbirds (Parus minor) cautiously approach a tree while a stick is moved up the trunk in a serpentine fashion.

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Kyoto University / Toshitaka Suzuki

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