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Sex matters: European urban birds flee approaching women sooner than approaching men (besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
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[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

On average, birds escaped 1 m (11% of their mean escape distance) earlier when approached by women than by men

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