Birds warned of food shortages by neighbor birds change physiology and behavior to prepare:
Songbirds learning from nearby birds that food supplies might be growing short respond by changing their physiology as well as their behavior, research by the Oregon State University College of Science shows.
After receiving social information from food-restricted neighbors for three days, the red crossbills in the study raised their pace of consumption, increased their gut mass and maintained the size of the muscle responsible for flight when their own eating opportunities were subsequently limited to two short feeding periods per day.
Findings of the study by OSU's Jamie Cornelius, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, suggest that birds can use social information about food shortages to effect an adaptive advantage for survival.
Journal Reference:
Advance social information allows red crossbills (Loxia curvirostra) to better conserve body mass and intestinal mass during food stress, Proceedings of the Royal Society B (DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0516)
(Score: 2) by Opportunist on Sunday July 03 2022, @01:56PM (11 children)
Just tell your neighbor that toilet paper is going to be scarce and he fills his garage with a lifetime supply.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by khallow on Sunday July 03 2022, @03:01PM (5 children)
(Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Sunday July 03 2022, @09:21PM (4 children)
Birds don't use Facebook. They use Twitter.
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(Score: 2, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 03 2022, @10:26PM (3 children)
Birds don't use toilet paper, either. They use cars.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday July 04 2022, @12:06AM (2 children)
They also use people's hair.
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(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Monday July 04 2022, @12:13AM (1 child)
You sound as if you've been victimized. Show us on the doll . . .
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday July 04 2022, @07:37PM
I probably have been targeted by a bird at some point in my life. I have no specific memory.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by Barenflimski on Sunday July 03 2022, @03:02PM (2 children)
That's interesting, and a good point. My neighbor, for instance, has his garage filled with catalytic converters. I wonder what he's preparing for?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday July 03 2022, @03:48PM (1 child)
(Score: 3, Touché) by DannyB on Sunday July 03 2022, @09:22PM
Maybe the neighbor IS the burglar?
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(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Sunday July 03 2022, @04:56PM (1 child)
Anyone got a year's supply of peanut butter?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 04 2022, @06:10AM
Not PB. When I was a kid (1960s) my parents bought minimally-processed crystallized honey from a particular apiary. It came in a metal can that resembled a gallon paint can, but had a plated surface (maybe tin plate?) Had the same kind of lid that had to be pried up, we used the end a spoon (instead of a screwdriver!) Family of 5, lasted something like a year.
Hadn't thought about bulk honey in years, looks like the apiaries have moved to 5 gallon plastic containers (I call these "pickle barrels") https://www.champlainvalleyhoney.com/55-lb-Pail-of-Raw-Naturally-Crystallized-Honey_p_57.html [champlainvalleyhoney.com]
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Sunday July 03 2022, @09:22PM
From where they are perched, they can keep an eye on gas prices.
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