For the Birds Radio Program: Ironic Experiment on White-throated Sparrows
Original Air Date: Jan. 4, 2013
Rerun Dates:
May 5, 2017;
May 4, 2016;
Dec. 13, 2013
An experiment designed to prove that female birds feel pleasure when hearing the songs of males, and that males respond to the songs of other males as humans do when hearing unpleasant music required the researchers to decapitate their subjects.