Birds Copying Ring Tones
from the no,-this-has-to-be-a-joke,-right? dept
I really am not sure I believe this one. The folks at the Register seemed pretty skeptical, but everyone insists it's true. Apparently, birds in Denmark have been heard copying the various ringtones they hear from cell phones. So, how long until the music industry goes after the birds for copyright infringement?
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an anecdote
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I have heard it too.
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Nothing new at all
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Boids
Over the course of a summer as we did the place up, we were continual deceived by starlings into answering a phone that wasn't ringing; the accuracy with which they mimicked the ringer was amazing.
It wasn't until we actually unplugged it and it seemed to keep ringing that we figured out what was happening...
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