From the beginning, the researchers took great pains to select birds only for their behavior: Jungle fowl were tested for
tameness at 12 weeks old, before they reached sexual maturity.
Not exact matches
Taming of the few «Island
tameness is an old idea, but there have been few tests of it,» says Dan Blumstein, a behavioral biologist
at the University of California, Los Angeles.
The relative
tameness of the concept's exterior styling — apart from those laser - beam head - and taillight accents — suggests we may be looking
at something that could look a lot like what we'll be looking
at less than two years from now.
If there are two or more birds being kept together
at home, they will want to be with each other and will, more often than not, lose any
tameness they may have had as youngsters.