[extropy-chat] Re: EVOLUTION: Birds learning cell ring-tones

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Mike Lorrey writes: 

> Birds imitate mobile phone ring tones   
> DPA  

Interesting story! 

> Many of the more common ring tones are themselves imitations of bird
> calls, so the birds are in some instances mimicking another species.

Do birds imitate other species in the wild?  If not, why would a bird 
imitate another species heard via a cellphone but not heard directly? 

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