Great tits cope well with warming
At least one of Britain's birds appears to be coping well as climate change alters the availability of a key food.
Researchers found that great tits are laying eggs earlier in the spring than they used to, keeping step with the earlier emergence of caterpillars.
Writing in the journal Science, they point out that the same birds in the Netherlands have not managed to adjust.
Understanding why some species in some places are affected more than others by climatic shifts is vital, they say.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) commented that other species are likely to fare much worse than great tits as temperatures rise.
So I saw on the BBC website today. My guess is the editor called in sick today. Because no way can any serious news website can run a headline like this and not get made fun of. I guess in the UK a tit is a small type of bird. But everyone in the world knows that tits are tits.
The title does bring up a good point. Global warming can lead to hotter chicks. Its a proven fact that geography plays a important role in how hot chicks are in a particular area. Warm weather means chicks wear less clothes. Less clothes means chicks need to take care of themselves better, which equals hotter chicks. Maybe Al Gore should shut the hell up for a little while.
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