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De-extinction: to revive a species
In Masjoan at Espinelves (Girona) there is a collection with more than 250 species of stuffed birds, gathered by the naturalist Marià Masferrer Rierola in the late nineteenth century. Among the various species there is the Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), a bird native to the United States, which was extinct in 1918 by hunting and […]
What say the birds
Birds whistle, chatter, cackle, scream or howl. But what do they say? Words of love. And these words seduce both females and juries of singing competitions. The canaricultor Gabriel de la Paz explains what notes produce Harz Roller canaries and how birds are selected for competitions. The songs are tailored to the physical characteristics of […]
The inheritance: from parents to children
The program will visit the International Bird Fair of Valls, where there are exposed hundreds of different breeds of pigeons. We will understand how breeders obtained these huge diversity. We will also understand what is genetic recombination, the laws of inheritance and mutations. And finally we will see how all this knowledge is integrated to […]
