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The Birds and the Bugs

Published: April 28, 2023, 5 a.m.

Do you ever listen to birds singing catchy little melodies and wonder - wait a second, do they know music theory? Can they sing in thirds and fifths? Half steps and whole steps? Do they have perfect pitch?

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Amory and Ben fly into r/AskScience to explore the question of whether or not our feathered friends are, indeed, musical in the way we human animals think about the term.

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And Ben turns to the subreddit for theories on why our windshields are no longer splattered with bugs.