Female Canaries Sing Sexily With Testosterone

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 09:35 in Biology & Nature

Testosterone gets female canaries singing. Dutch researchers know 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 considered sexy.

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