A test of songbirds’ problem-solving skills has revealed how traffic noise impairs the animals’ abilities.

Scientists set zebra finches a “battery of foraging tasks” in the presence or absence of the noise.

They found that the sound of passing cars diminished the birds’ ability to find food.


The results, published in the journal Proceedings B, suggest that noise pollution has “previously unconsidered consequences for wildlife”.


Read More: https://naturenews.africa/noise-pollution-affects-birds-singing-abilities-test-reveals/

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No wonder birds don't sing in Lagos anymore

istina:
No wonder birds don't sing in Lagos anymore

They do but only at night. Lagos na Edo truly.

Pochettino:


They do but only at night. Lagos na Edo truly.

Birds that sing at night are something else o, as MOST birds like humans do sleep at night.