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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsFemale hedge sparrows are floozies!
( I know, I know, this a rather controversial and contentious subject, but one we dasn't shy from)
Heard on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me:
https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php
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SAGAL: So here's your first question. The female hedge sparrow has an interesting mating behavior. Before it mates with a male hedge sparrow, she does what? A, she demands the male give her a garment of leaves that takes four days to make; B, she, quote, "talks with the male's prior female partners to see if it's a decent bird"...
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: ...Or C, she hides another male hedge sparrow in the bushes nearby and then invites him over when the first bird leaves.
(LAUGHTER)
GERWIG: Oh, I guess I'll go with C?
SAGAL: Yeah, that's the one. Yeah.
(SOUNDBITE OF BELL)
GERWIG: OK, OK.
(APPLAUSE)
SAGAL: This is what the hedge sparrow does. The hedge sparrow hides its, like, guy on the side in the bushes, does it with No. 1. He goes away. She calls out the side guy she hid. They do it, then she calls back the first one.
GERWIG: Oh, man.
HARI KONDABOLU: A literal side chick.
SAGAL: Yeah.
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SAGAL: So here's your first question. The female hedge sparrow has an interesting mating behavior. Before it mates with a male hedge sparrow, she does what? A, she demands the male give her a garment of leaves that takes four days to make; B, she, quote, "talks with the male's prior female partners to see if it's a decent bird"...
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: ...Or C, she hides another male hedge sparrow in the bushes nearby and then invites him over when the first bird leaves.
(LAUGHTER)
GERWIG: Oh, I guess I'll go with C?
SAGAL: Yeah, that's the one. Yeah.
(SOUNDBITE OF BELL)
GERWIG: OK, OK.
(APPLAUSE)
SAGAL: This is what the hedge sparrow does. The hedge sparrow hides its, like, guy on the side in the bushes, does it with No. 1. He goes away. She calls out the side guy she hid. They do it, then she calls back the first one.
GERWIG: Oh, man.
HARI KONDABOLU: A literal side chick.
SAGAL: Yeah.
...
If that sort of thing interests you, you might like this article:
The Dunnock: sex in the shrubbery
BTO PDF (British Trust for Ornithology)
https://www.bto.org/sites/default/files/shared_documents/gbw/associated_files/bird-table-50-2007-dunnock-article.pdf
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Female hedge sparrows are floozies! (Original Post)
sl8
Feb 2018
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Merlot
(9,696 posts)1. Well, "floozie" is a bit judgemental
Can you blame me, though?
Look at those birds, shamelessly shaking there tails in the bushes. Have they no shame?
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)2. My favorite NPR program on Saturdays!!