Episode 713
Bird societies
It's not just humans that have a complex social structure...
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · The Naked Scientists
November 18, 20195m 22s
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Show Notes
You might think we are special as humans for forming societies with complex structures. But we are not actually so different from other species in this regard. It was believed that complex social structures were a trait of large mammals only - but a recent study has shown that birds can form complex societies too. Amalia Thomas spoke to Danai Papageorgiou, who has been studying the social structure of a specific type of bird in Kenya in Africa... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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Vulturine guineafowlbird societiessocial hierarchydanai papageorgioukenya