Article in The Auk featured on BBC News Online
August 11, 2011
An article from the October 2011 issue of The Auk detailing the first evidence of a cycle of "child abuse" among animals has been featured on BBC News Online.
The articles charts the study of a colony of Nazca boobies, a colonial seabird, and notes that juvenile birds which are maltreated by older, non-relatives grow up to become more violent towards other chicks
The article is the first evidence from a wild animal that, as in humans, "child abuse" can be socially transmitted down the generations.
Read the full BBC article online here.
An article from the October 2011 issue of The Auk detailing the first evidence of a cycle of "child abuse" among animals has been featured on BBC News Online.
The articles charts the study of a colony of Nazca boobies, a colonial seabird, and notes that juvenile birds which are maltreated by older, non-relatives grow up to become more violent towards other chicks
The article is the first evidence from a wild animal that, as in humans, "child abuse" can be socially transmitted down the generations.
Read the full BBC article online here.