Sparrows Sing Higher to Pierce Urban Din
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City dwellers compete with the din of traffic to be heard. And it’s not just urban humans. Sparrows living in San Francisco's Presidio district actually tweet their tunes in a higher register than they did in the past, to be heard over the rumble of cars on the nearby Golden Gate Bridge. So says a study in the journal Animal Behavior . [David A. Luther and Elizabeth P. Derryberry, " Birdsongs keep pace with city life: changes in song over time in an urban songbird affects communication "]
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