Ostriches recognise their own eggs and discard others

1979/05/01 by Brian Bertram, BRIAN C. R. BERTRAM · 6 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Livestock and Poultry Management #Plant and animal studies

paper · doi:10.1038/279233a0

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