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Published online 20 December 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2007.395
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Duetting birds found to be unfaithful
Those sing-a-longs don’t mean bird pairs will stick together.
Birds that sing in harmonious duets with one another have always been considered monogamous partners, with the singing thought to help in building faithful relationships. Now, research has shown at least that one such species sleeps around.
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This is really interesting!