Robins Appear to Owe Some of Their Success to Lateral Thinking (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Robins Appear to Owe Some of Their Success to Lateral Thinking

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American robins that use one eye preferentially over the other when looking at their eggs are better able to detect foreign eggs in their nests.

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Photo by Tiffany Fugere

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