Do Birds Have Personality?

Lysanne Snijders is a Postdoctoral researcher on animal behavior.

“My wish for the future would be that people really start recognizing that all these animals have individual personalities. To really realize that these are all individuals with feelings, with stress, with emotions.” – Lysanne Snijders

Observing animal behavior can tell us a lot about the evolutional behavior. It can also be very practical if you are working with farm animals. But there is more than just raw data. Lysanne Snijders from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries found something much more interesting. She’s found not only that birds have personality but that there are whole social networks between animals. They love, they hate, they cheat and they take care of each other.

Find out more about Lysanne’s search for animals’ personality in our new video.

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http://www.lysannesnijders.com

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