City Slicker Birds Shun Their Country Cousins 95
According to scientists, city Great Tits prefer other city Great Tits over country Great Tits. (Lets act like adults). The researchers found that the city dwellers responded more strongly to songs of fellow city dwellers and the same held true for the bumpkins. The average minimum pitch of male Great Tit songs in noisy urban areas was higher than in quieter, rural areas just a few miles away. Dr Rupert Marshall, of Aberystwyth University, Wales, and his team recorded bird song in 20 different cities in Britain. He says, "People speak louder and higher in noisy places like pubs and bars but still recognise their friends' voices once they go outside. Great tits seem to learn the high notes from their neighbours but don't respond as strongly to lower rural tones even when it's quiet."
Better Idea (Score:5, Funny)
According to scientists, city Great Tits prefer other city Great Tits over country Great Tits. (Lets act like adults)
Yeah, we could do that. Or we could plug what you just said into Google translator and translate it from English to Hindi to Estonian back to English again:
According to researchers, large cities and large country breast breast-feeding a baby, like other big cities do. As adults (Act I)
City tits are perkier than country tits (Score:5, Funny)
Great tits from the city are higher and perkier than tits from the country. The country tits are lower, and the city tits don't give them the time of day.
It's not really any wonder, though. Everyone prefers perky tits.
Slight problem... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Slight problem... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Slight problem... (Score:5, Funny)
I think we may be confused over what he meant by 'great'.
I think he meant great as in 'awesome', not great as in 'fucking huge'.
But I could be wrong.
Re:The study isn't sufficient. (Score:5, Funny)
So going to get modded down, but I have to. (Score:5, Funny)
Nothing beats waking up in the morning, looking out your window and seeing a pair of great tits.
Re:So going to get modded down, but I have to. (Score:4, Funny)
Act like adult? On slashdot? (Score:4, Funny)
98% of slashdot readers applied for the job of "watching Great Tits" without reading the article (this IS slashdot).
You would think they would be disappointed on their first day of work, but the fact that they were issued binoculars let to great job satisfaction.
Re:i myself prefer boobies (Score:4, Funny)
Little known fact: many bird species were named by male scientists who really, really needed to get out and socialize more.
Oh come on! (Score:5, Funny)
(Lets act like adults)
Really? You want slashdotters to have a mature, serious discussion with no inuendo about "Great Tits?" You have to be out of your mind!
Well if you are so offended by our elementary school breast humor, then all I have to say is tough tits!! Get over it!
Re:Better Idea (Score:3, Funny)
I ran the gamut using Google translator starting from English cycling translations alphabetically from Albanian all the way through to Vietnamese (but skipping Chinese), then finally back to English:
According to scientists, city Great Tits prefer other city Great Tits over country Great Tits.
becomes
Large and powerful countries and cities, as well as research on breast cancer.
Re:Slight problem... (Score:4, Funny)
Are you sure those weren't Pictures of Cartman's ass? [southparkstudios.com]
I hear it looks like a set of hot boobs [southparkstudios.com] that aren't easily distinguished [southparkstudios.com] from real ones. [ebaumsworld.com]
Tits and low brow humor (Score:4, Funny)
city Great Tits prefer other city Great Tits over country Great Tits. (Lets act like adults).
Or we could take George Carlin's view on the low brow - if you can't laugh at a fart joke...
Re:City tits are perkier than country tits (Score:5, Funny)
Your slashdot name suggests otherwise.
Re:City tits are perkier than country tits (Score:5, Funny)
No way -- even though I'm in my 40s now, guys tell me I have great tits all the time -- and I'm a country girl! My country tits are *quite* perky.
Pics or it didn't happen
I have seen a better Great Tits headline (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The study isn't sufficient. (Score:3, Funny)
See what happens when someone acts like an adult. We learn stuff. Man, I hate to learn stuff.
On the plus side I did get to say "tit" like fifty times.