22
Sex matters: European urban birds flee approaching women sooner than approaching men
(besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2026
22 points (95.8% liked)
Science
6159 readers
123 users here now
General discussions about "science" itself
Be sure to also check out these other Fediverse science communities:
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
A couple of the possible reasons, according to the discussion section of the article, was that 1) women may have historically hunted for smaller prey (birds) thus installing a fear of women and 2) it may be an olfactory response to women.