From the «not with you, though, loser.» department:
Title: Birds make friends too, 20-year study finds
Author: Jay Kakade
Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 09:03:00 +0000
Link:
https://newatlas.com/biology/birds-friend-behavior/
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We usually associate friendship with human behavior, considering our exclusive domain. And that’s a fair assumption, as we don't often find animals boasting cooperative relationships beyond their blood relatives. The only complex "friend-like" relationship seen in vertebrates is known as cooperative breeding, in which two individuals assist in raising the young. Yet, for African starlings, the bonds they form go far beyond mere parenting duties.
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Category:Biology[3], Science[4]
Tags:Animal science[5], Animals[6], Birds[7], Columbia University[8], Behavior[9]
Links:
[1]:
https://assets.newatlas.com/dims4/default/793aceb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4200x2664+0+0/resize/1440x913!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewatlas-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa0%2F54%2F678c624946d79b0105ad018d7f3f%2Fdepositphotos-
53936889-xl.jpg (image)
[2]:
https://newatlas.com/biology/birds-friend-behavior/ (link)
[3]:
https://newatlas.com/biology/ (link)
[4]:
https://newatlas.com/science/ (link)
[5]:
https://newatlas.com/tag/animal-science/ (link)
[6]:
https://newatlas.com/tag/animals/ (link)
[7]:
https://newatlas.com/tag/birds/ (link)
[8]:
https://newatlas.com/tag/columbia-university/ (link)
[9]:
https://newatlas.com/tag/behavior/ (link)
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