Chicks use secret passwords for food
An AUSTRALIAN song bird uses secret passwords to prevent identity theft, scientists have learned. When they are still in the egg, superb fairy wrens learn a unique single note sung by their mother.
Once hatched, they have to include the password within their begging calls in order to be fed. Researchers found calls differ between nests.
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