Ospreys do not teach offspring how to kill prey at the nest
There is strong evidence for teaching in only a handful of species, most of which are cooperative breeders, leading some researchers to suggest that teaching may be more likely to evolve in such species. Alternatively, this initial distribution could be an artefact of the popularity and tractability...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rsbl.2017.0346 2024-06-02T08:16:03+00:00 Ospreys do not teach offspring how to kill prey at the nest Howard, Megan Hoppitt, Will 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0346 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0346 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0346 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Biology Letters volume 13, issue 8, page 20170346 ISSN 1744-9561 1744-957X journal-article 2017 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0346 2024-05-07T14:16:26Z There is strong evidence for teaching in only a handful of species, most of which are cooperative breeders, leading some researchers to suggest that teaching may be more likely to evolve in such species. Alternatively, this initial distribution could be an artefact of the popularity and tractability of cooperative breeders as behavioural study systems. Therefore, establishing or refuting this potential evolutionary link requires researchers to assess potential cases of teaching in more non-cooperatively breeding species. We tested for teaching in the osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ), a non-cooperatively-breeding bird anecdotally reported to teach hunting skills to their offspring. We tested whether parents brought back more live prey to the nest as their offspring got older, allowing the latter to practice killing prey in a manner analogous to the progressive teaching seen in meerkats. We found the opposite trend to that predicted by the teaching hypothesis, indicating that ospreys do not teach their young at the nest. Article in Journal/Newspaper osprey Pandion haliaetus The Royal Society Biology Letters 13 8 20170346 |
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There is strong evidence for teaching in only a handful of species, most of which are cooperative breeders, leading some researchers to suggest that teaching may be more likely to evolve in such species. Alternatively, this initial distribution could be an artefact of the popularity and tractability of cooperative breeders as behavioural study systems. Therefore, establishing or refuting this potential evolutionary link requires researchers to assess potential cases of teaching in more non-cooperatively breeding species. We tested for teaching in the osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ), a non-cooperatively-breeding bird anecdotally reported to teach hunting skills to their offspring. We tested whether parents brought back more live prey to the nest as their offspring got older, allowing the latter to practice killing prey in a manner analogous to the progressive teaching seen in meerkats. We found the opposite trend to that predicted by the teaching hypothesis, indicating that ospreys do not teach their young at the nest. |
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Ospreys do not teach offspring how to kill prey at the nest |
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Ospreys do not teach offspring how to kill prey at the nest |
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Ospreys do not teach offspring how to kill prey at the nest |
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Ospreys do not teach offspring how to kill prey at the nest |
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ospreys do not teach offspring how to kill prey at the nest |
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