No, this isn’t some kind of perverted link, but an article about a study in which researchers at Oxford University applied what we have learned about human relationships via social networks to study the social relationships of Great Tits. Fascinating!
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As of 12:05PM EST today, if you google “Great Tits”, this post is on the first page of results. That is an amazing achievement…seriously.