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Title of the Article: Strong Personalities Skew Study Samples

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Author of the Article: M. Farbman

Date Published: 05. 27. 2009.

Source: Popsci

URL: http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-05/strong-personalities-skew-study-samples

By Ivan Cukanić

      Many bird owners would describe their pet's personality in great detail and say that their bird's behavior is unique. Science did not research much about the personalities of birds, but there was a study of the behavior of birds called flycatchers. They observed their behavior in groups, alone, in the presence of the other gender, facing danger and etc. The results of the study showed that the birds reacted very similarly in all of these situations and each of them fell into every trap the scientists set up.

       

       This article was very interesting and had shocked me about the behavior of flycatchers. I, just like many other people, thought that all birds had unique personalities. Before I read this article, I was sure that some flycatchers could escape from traps. However, the results of this study may not entirely be true, for they had only observed one group of flycatchers in one period of time. Maybe different groups of flycatchers behave differently. But who knows? Maybe there will be more studies like this one in the future.