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Newborns Can Bond to a "Mother" from a Different Species
Often all you need to do is stick around to convince a baby animal that you are its mother
By Rachel Dvoskin
If you saw Winged Migration or Fly Away Home, which delivered the first true bird's-eye views of the world, you may have wondered how they got those wild geese to wear tiny camcorders on their heads. In fact, the cameras were in ultralight aircraft, which the birds accompanied—by choice. The crafty filmmakers took advantage of one of Mother Nature's tricks called imprinting: If you had grown up thinking your mom was inside that noisy plane—or was that noisy plane—you'd have gladly tolerated it, too.
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http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id...rns-can-bond-to-mother-from-different-species
Newborns Can Bond to a "Mother" from a Different Species
Often all you need to do is stick around to convince a baby animal that you are its mother
By Rachel Dvoskin
If you saw Winged Migration or Fly Away Home, which delivered the first true bird's-eye views of the world, you may have wondered how they got those wild geese to wear tiny camcorders on their heads. In fact, the cameras were in ultralight aircraft, which the birds accompanied—by choice. The crafty filmmakers took advantage of one of Mother Nature's tricks called imprinting: If you had grown up thinking your mom was inside that noisy plane—or was that noisy plane—you'd have gladly tolerated it, too.
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