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April 27, 2011

Adaptable urban birds have bigger brains

BBC - Earth News - 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.

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