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April 2014: David Sherry and marsh tits, zebra stripes, and Arabian babblers

The Behavioural Ecology and Evolution Podcast (the Beepcast)

David Sherry from the Western University in Canada tells me what inspired him to study the hoarding behavior of birds, in the Scientific Spark. Oded Keynan explains the benefits to having offspring stick around for an ex...

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April 2014: David Sherry and marsh tits, zebra stripes, and Arabian babblers is an episode from The Behavioural Ecology and Evolution Podcast (the Beepcast). David Sherry from the Western University in Canada tells me what inspired him to s...

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Published May 1, 2014, audio available.

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David Sherry from the Western University in Canada tells me what inspired him to study the hoarding behavior of birds, in the Scientific Spark. Oded Keynan explains the benefits to having offspring stick around for an extended period of time. I also find out why zebras have stripes, and why Rudyard Kipling was wrong! Download the MP3 Zebras and their stripes from Quicklinks: Oded Keynan's webpage Tim Caro's webpage Tim's zebra paper in Nature communications David Sherry's webpage

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