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Airport-dwelling magpies get in less of a flap about planes, and that could be good or bad

  • Written by Mike Weston, Associate Professor, Deakin University
Airport-dwelling magpies get in less of a flap about planes, and that could be good or badAustralian magpies are clever enough to tailor their risk-avoidance behaviours to different locations.Gail Hampshire/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

Magpies that live at airports are less likely to flee from aircraft noise than those that live elsewhere, according to our research. But it is unclear whether this makes them more likely to be involved in a...