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Noise From Traffic Stunts Growth of Baby Birds, Study Finds
Friday April 26, 2024. 10:02 PM , from Slashdot
A growing body of research has suggested that noise pollution causes stress to birds and makes communication harder for them. But whether birds are already distressed at a young age because they are affected by noise, or by how noise disrupts their environment and parental care, was still unclear. Mariette's team routinely exposed zebra finch eggs for five days to either silence, soothing playbacks of zebra finch songs, or recordings of city traffic noises such as revving motors and cars driving past. They did the same with newborn chicks for about four hours a night for up to 13 nights, without exposing the birds' parents to the sounds. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/04/26/180256/noise-from-traffic-stunts-growth-of-baby-birds-st...
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