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Indyplus video: Older nightingales have perfected the art of seduction, new research shows

 

Saturday 10 August 2013 19:56 BST
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An older nightingale's mastery of courtship is achieved by a dazzling array of up to 100 trills a second, far more than their younger competitors can manage, and more than any other investigated bird, a new study shows.

Watch video of a Nightingale singing below:

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