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Feathered friends form close bonds just like humans
Scottish Daily Express
|May 08, 2025
Birds flock to do favours for their buddies
WHEN it comes to relationships, birds behave just like us, scientists say.
For instead of simply flocking to their relatives, they form close bonds with other feathered friends too
A study of African starlings has also shown that when they help out their pals they expect the favour will even-tually be returned.
Humans who are not related often help each other, but the idea that ani-mals have similar interactions has been difficult to prove until now.
The research draws on data gath-ered over 20 years by Dr Alexis Earl, a former PhD student in the lab of Professor Dustin Rubenstein, of Colombia University, New York.
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This story is from the May 08, 2025 edition of Scottish Daily Express.
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