Interesting article on a new study on the personality of wild birds,
impacts to survival in NYT. (note, you'll need to do the free
registration with NYT to read it).
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LOOKING FOR PERSONALITY IN ANIMALS, OF ALL PEOPLE
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A team of Dutch scientists is trying to solve the mystery of personality.
Why are some individuals shy while others are bold, for example? What roles
do genes and environment play in shaping personalities? And most mysterious
of all, how did they evolve?
The scientists are carrying out an ambitious series of experiments to
answer
these questions. They are studying thousands of individuals, observing how
they interact with others, comparing their personalities to their
descendants' and analyzing their DNA.
It may come as a surprise that their subjects have feathers. The
scientists,
based at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology, are investigating
personalities of wild birds.
http://snipurl.com/d4u8
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