Study: Jilted birds land in bad homes

CNN ^ | 09/10/03 | Ann Kellan

[bedolido]

CNN) -- Shorebirds known as oystercatchers may provide evidence not only that birds, like people, get "divorced," but that those getting dumped are more likely to land in a shoddier home in a more dangerous neighborhood.

The bird that flies the coop first, usually the female, ends up with a nest closer to food and with 20 percent more chicks, said University of Bern (Switzerland) scientists, who studied the habits of oystercatchers on a Dutch island for eight years.

[bedolido]

Oystercatchers have a divorce rate around 8 percent.

[MotleyGirl70]

Shorebirds known as oystercatchers may provide evidence not only that birds, like people, get "divorced," but that those getting dumped are more likely to land in a shoddier home in a more dangerous neighborhood.

Simple do what most people do. Start packing heat for protection. ; )

[VRWCmember]

We need to lobby for government funding for marriage counseling for these birds.