Homing Behavior: Decisions, Dominance and Democracy
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When flying in pairs, pigeons with different preferred paths back to the loft often agree on a joint route, and in doing so get home faster than either would have done on its own.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 16 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006