Early bird gets the better song

Mothers transfer the gift of music to the first eggs of their brood.

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Soma, M., Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, M. & Okanoya, K. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. doi:10.1007/s00265-008-0670-9 (2008).

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Matt Kaplan
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Kaplan, M. Early bird gets the better song. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.1188