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Sex matters: European urban birds flee approaching women sooner than approaching men
(besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
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this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2026
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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.
On average, birds escaped 1 m (11% of their mean escape distance) earlier when approached by women than by men
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Birds aren't real.
What do they know?