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When do the finches on the Galápagos Islands learn their songs? From whom do they learn their song?

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Like children learning to speak, little finches learn songs from their elders. ... They let the animals peck at a key, which caused a plastic father finch to "sing" them a recorded song, up to 28 seconds per day. The scientists then measured how the youngsters slowly approached perfect imitation.

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