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Vocalization

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Unless you're at a Chaucer convention, speaking middle English is not going to impress a potential [blank] partner in 2013. Similarly, male Savanna [blank] have to make sure their vocalizations are up to date. Researchers [blank] analyzed three decades of [blank] of male Savanna sparrows. And birds that [blank] their tune over the years did better with the ladies. The [blank] is in the journal Animal Behaviour. While [blank] notes of the sparrow's song stayed the same, the middle and end parts changed over time.

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Unless you're at a Chaucer convention, speaking middle English is not going to impress a potential romantic partner in 2013. Similarly, male Savanna sparrows have to make sure their vocalizations are up to date. Researchers analyzed three decades of recordings of male Savanna sparrows. And birds that changed their tune over the years did better with the ladies. The research is in the journal Animal Behaviour. While introductory notes of the sparrow's song stayed the same, the middle and end parts changed over time.
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