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During courtship, male lyrebirds create acoustic illusions of a flock of birds fending off a predator. These realistic illusions fool the imitated species to engage in mobbing, but intriguingly lyrebirds… Click to show full abstract
During courtship, male lyrebirds create acoustic illusions of a flock of birds fending off a predator. These realistic illusions fool the imitated species to engage in mobbing, but intriguingly lyrebirds produce them only preceding or during copulation.
Keywords:
communication lyrebirds;
animal communication;
cry wolf;
wolf mating;
lyrebirds cry;
biology
Journal Title: Current Biology
Year Published: 2021
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Journal Title: Current Biology
Year Published: 2021
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