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When youre looking for a table in a crowded cafeteria, you probably give wide berth to the family that sounds like its sharing a big dish of whooping cough. Well, not if youre a house finch, particularly a male. Because a study in the journal Biology
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Finches Seek Out Sick Dining Companions A study in the journal Biology Letters finds that male finches prefer dining next to a sick bird despite the risk of infection, probably because the lethargic companion is less likely to engage in food fights.
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Isolated finches still produce what are called innate or isolate songs. A specific tune might be taught, but the instinct to sing seems to be hardwired into a songbird's brain. Innate songs sound different from the cultured songs learned from other f