Friday, March 18, 2011

Great Tits Also Have Age-Related Defects


I ran across this interesting article about the aging characteristics of a specific species of birds. I thought that you all would be interested.

Great Tits Also Have Age-Related Defects

ScienceDaily (2011-03-09) -- The offspring of older great tit females are much less successful than those of younger mothers. Things mainly go wrong in the later stages of the upbringing, concludes an evolutionary biologist. For great tit females, it turns out to be a good idea to invest in generating offspring in the first years of life.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110307130215.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+sciencedaily+(ScienceDaily:+Latest+Science+News)&utm_content=Google+Reader#

Pictured: The Great Tit

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24 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 7:03 AM

    Haha, nice innuendo there ;)

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  2. D22 ZoneMarch 18, 2011 at 7:23 AM

    Haha love it! Agree with TreeBranchez... Great innuendo! :D

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  3. Justsayin'March 18, 2011 at 7:42 AM

    HAHA! Had me fooled. Pretty bird.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 8:30 AM

    LOL I was like what!? But I saw it was about birds haha

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  5. SamMarch 18, 2011 at 8:39 AM

    I love tits :P not thrush tho :P

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  6. ErikaMarch 18, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    What? Ohhhhh...... I see what you did there.

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  7. Patti D.March 18, 2011 at 9:26 AM

    Wait, what did just happened here? Lol

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  8. Biff TannerMarch 18, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    Lol nice got me.

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  9. NikoMarch 18, 2011 at 12:33 PM

    I like tits :)
    Nice Birds

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  10. MalkavianMarch 18, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    he i Like tits also, i also am a fan of birds.

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  11. Jessica ThompsonMarch 18, 2011 at 12:57 PM

    Damn man! I was excited to see the photo!

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  12. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    Woah, you just catched me there, my computer freezed and the only thing I could see was the tittle and not much more, so I was pretty shocked...

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  13. wMarch 18, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    haha i see what you did there

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  14. Ante BabajaMarch 18, 2011 at 2:55 PM

    hahaha i loled

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  15. ZippyMarch 18, 2011 at 3:32 PM

    I love tits. They're so soft and fluffy... With their feathers I mean.

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  16. baxxmanMarch 18, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    Haha, me and my girlfriend, we laughed a lot!

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  17. ShutterbugMarch 18, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    LOL. Didn't know that a tit was a type of bird. :P

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  18. Generally DisgruntledMarch 18, 2011 at 6:45 PM

    That's pretty awesome

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  19. BlowingInTheWindMarch 18, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    Not what I thought it was gonna be about before i scrolled down!

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  20. edMarch 18, 2011 at 8:13 PM

    this isnt the great tits ive been looking for D:

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  21. ChrisMarch 18, 2011 at 10:38 PM

    I dont think I felt so dissapointed in the past 3 years.

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  22. skinned sheepMarch 19, 2011 at 6:49 AM

    i like my woman titties fried.

    i mean..

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  23. Igneel21March 19, 2011 at 7:22 AM

    well played sir, well played, you got me real good with the tittle haha

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  24. TheHarvesterMarch 19, 2011 at 9:44 AM

    i did not know that. you got me with the title here :(((

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