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2011-04-27 Adaptable urban birds have bigger brains
City dwelling birds have larger brains relative to their body size, according to scientists.
They have found that family traits are key to identifying why certain birds thrive in European cities.
"Urban
adapters" including tits, crows, nuthatches and wrens all come from
families of related species that have large brains compared to their
bodies.
Scientists suggest that larger brains make birds more adaptable to the changeable conditions of city living.
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