#Long-tailed tits avoid incest by recognising the calls of relatives
“#Long-tailed tits avoid incest by recognising the calls of relatives” Long tailed Tit on a washing line. Credit: Dave Croker/CC BY-SA 2.0 Long-tailed tits actively avoid harmful inbreeding by discriminating between the calls of close family members and non-family members, according to new research from the University of Sheffield. Inbred animals typically suffer from reduced…