Wild bird caught on camera gesturing ‘after you’ with wings | National News
By James Gamble via SWNS
A very polite small Japanese bird gestures with its wings to mates to convey the message “after you” to mates.
Researchers that discovered the Japanese tit flutters its wings to politely indicate for a mate to enter a nest box first.
However, the birds differ slightly from humans in that it’s usually the female birds that make the gesture towards arriving males – meaning the adage of ‘ladies first’ does not apply.
Researchers from the University of Tokyo observed the birds on hundreds of occasions to conduct their study, published in the journal Current Biology.…Continue Reading