A couple of the possible reasons, according to the discussion section of the article, was that 1) women may have historically hunted for smaller prey (birds) thus installing a fear of women and 2) it may be an olfactory response to women.
Submitted 2 days ago by misk@piefed.social to science@mander.xyz
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pan3.70226
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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
rbn@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
On average, birds escaped 1 m (11% of their mean escape distance) earlier when approached by women than by men
In case someone else is interested in den this.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Birds aren’t real.
realitista@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What do they know?
j4k3@piefed.world 2 days ago
Hot chick jealousy