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Wise Old Birds Teach Migration Route To Young Whooping Cranes

Posted by timothy on from the learned-it-from-watching-you-dad dept.

grrlscientist writes "A recently published study of captive-bred whooping cranes found that young birds learn their migration routes over many years, and migrating alongside older birds improves the migratory efficiency of younger birds." The NPR version of the story is worth a listen, too.

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  1. Not born with a map? by pipatron · · Score: 3, Funny

    So you mean they are not born with a map? Shocking news.

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    1. Re:Not born with a map? by obarthelemy · · Score: 2

      shockinger that Google haven't come up with an ad supported product for those cranes. Especially since I've been told they are already in the cloud ?

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  2. Douglas Adams' "Wise Old Bird" by module0000 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Anyone else reminded of the Wise Old Bird from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_characters#The_Wise_Old_Bird

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  3. Teaching cranes how to migrate... by alexo · · Score: 2

    Isn't it Putin's job?

  4. Young Whooping Cranes by korbulon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or, in the parlance of the wise old birds, whooper-snappers.