Prenatal Auditory Sensitivity in Chickens and Ducks
- 26 March 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 147 (3665) , 1596-1598
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.147.3665.1596
Abstract
Recordings from chick and duck fetuses inside the egg revealed an increase in the rate of bill-clapping and vocalization when the fetuses were aurally stimulated by the maternal call of their species on the day before hatching.Keywords
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