City birds fear women more than men, leaving scientists baffled as to why

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Birds living in cities perceive women as more threatening than men, new research has revealed.The study, published in People and Nature, found that male participants could get within 7.5 metres of urban birds before the birds flew away, a full metre closer than their female counterparts.This outcome defied the researchers' predictions entirely.

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They had anticipated that birds would show greater wariness towards men, reasoning that avian species might have evolved responses to ancient human behaviour, when males typically hunted while females gathered.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The investigation involved eight volunteers who approached pigeons, starlings and various other bird species in urban parks and green spaces across the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland and Spain.Participants were paired and matched by height and the colour of their clothing, with each person walking directly towards their target bird while maintaining eye contact.Those with longer hair than their...

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