Females sing sexily with testosterone

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 04:14 in Biology & Nature

Testosterone gets female canaries singing. Dutch researcher Tessa Hartog knows how you can make a female canary sing using testosterone and the protein BDNF. Normally, female canaries don't sing, but with a few tweaks, the females' brain structure can be altered in a way that lets them burst into song. Their singing can even be sexy...

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