Today in applied cryptography....

[theweaselking]

Fairy wrens teach secret passwords to their unborn chicks to tell them apart from cuckoo impostors

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Latchykey kids

[disgruntledgrrl.livejournal.com]

Just getting younger and younger every generation..

[ursulav.livejournal.com]

That is just beyond awesome!

[thornae.livejournal.com]

That's awesome!



Also, woo! Research is done by people at my old uni. Go science!

[angelcorrine.livejournal.com]

That is fascinating!

[drcuriosity]

Interesting also in light of the fact that fairy wrens are well known for being sexually promiscuous, even while pair bonding for life. So they don't care who the father is, as long as it's the right species.