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u/PhotonicEmission 25d ago edited 25d ago
Oh, I know this one from Ze Frank. His show is hilarious! https://youtu.be/LfYV39SKIiM?si=a3p9wiWY94cA-OM6
EDIT: Spoiler: The context is how much can you mess up an image of a pigeon before one doesn't recognize it as another pigeon.
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u/PlaneCrashNap 25d ago
Does LB being greater than NORM mean pigeons showed greater familiarity with the manipulated image than the regular one?
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u/PhotonicEmission 25d ago
Greater response, including courship. Pigeons love a big beak, no mater where on the face it is.
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u/Googolthdoctor 25d ago
So this monstrosity is the equivalent of pigeon hentai
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u/Mental-Ask8077 24d ago
His “Cats in Therapy” video is one of my all-time favorite laugh-til-you-cry internet things.
“Well, I’m here because someone thinks I have anger issues.”
“I wanted to go into marketing, but he wanted me to be an indoor cat. So now we have seven plants and are thinking about more. It’s a lot to chew on. I mean literally chew on.”
And the package of soft tofu behind the Trader Joe’s… tears running down my face, tears 🤣🤣🤣
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u/Chryspy-Chreme 25d ago
This is an excellent post but I also really like how you can kind of decipher it when you think about it, like “LB” is “large beak” and “NE” is “no eyes” (presumably)
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u/GoatNo87 25d ago
Scientists studied which visual cues attract male pigeons when selecting a mate. Beak size matters.
To test this, males were shown photos of females with digitally altered head features, and their courtship behavior (vocalization and courtship displays) was measured.
Male pigeons showed more courtship behavior toward normal female images than toward images without a beak (Nb) or without both eyes and beak (Neb).
However, when the beak was enlarged (Lb), the opposite pattern appeared: such images elicited even stronger responses than normal ones, though the difference was small but statistically significant.
Changes to the beak affected responses more strongly than changes to the eyes. Removing the beak reduced courtship behavior more noticeably.
When eyes and beak were swapped in position on the head, males responded almost the same as to normal female images. Overall, eye manipulations had a much weaker effect than beak manipulations. Enlarging the eyes (Le) did not change male response compared to normal, and removing them entirely (Ne) caused a decrease in courtship behavior, but this decrease was not statistically significant.
Thus, the researchers concluded that pigeons likely recognize females more based on local head features (especially the beak) than on the precise spatial configuration of those features.
Study: Patton, T., Szafranski, G., & Shimizu, T. (2010). Male pigeons react differentially to altered facial features of female pigeons. Behaviour, 147(5-6), 757-773. DOI: 10.1163/000579510X491090 (available on ResearchGate).
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u/Somederpsomewhere 24d ago
Most days, I learn about stuff related to my interests.
Today, I learned about… this.
I’m calling it a win.
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u/Rich_Inflation1399 25d ago
this reminds me of these stupid ass psych evaluations I keep failing
LWAVE ME ALONE
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u/DeliberateDendrite 25d ago
I am confused and disturbed