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Do you ever listen to birds singing catchy little melodies and wonder - wait a second, do they know music theory? Can they sing in thirds and fifths? Half steps and whole steps? Do they have perfect pitch?
Amory and Ben fly into r/AskScience to explore the question of whether or not our feathered friends are, indeed, musical in the way we human animals think about the term.
And Ben turns to the subreddit for theories on why our windshields are no longer splattered with bugs.
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Take the survey here: wbur.org/endlessthreadsurvey
Thank you!
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Do you ever listen to birds singing catchy little melodies and wonder - wait a second, do they know music theory? Can they sing in thirds and fifths? Half steps and whole steps? Do they have perfect pitch?
Amory and Ben fly into r/AskScience to explore the question of whether or not our feathered friends are, indeed, musical in the way we human animals think about the term.
And Ben turns to the subreddit for theories on why our windshields are no longer splattered with bugs.
***
Take the survey here: wbur.org/endlessthreadsurvey
Thank you!

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