Question
An origin story for the presence of a flute song in the lyrebird’s whistle song attributes it to this behavior. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this behavior, whose vocal form is performed by parrots and mockingbirds. A harmless species evolves to imitate warning signs in the Batesian form of this behavior.
ANSWER: mimicry [accept vocal mimicry; accept Batesian mimicry]
[10m] Male lyrebirds mimic the calls of this behavior in their D song during copulation to initiate a freeze response in the female. In this behavior, a group of birds cooperatively attack or harass a predator, usually to protect their offspring.
ANSWER: mobbing [accept mobbing calls]
[10h] This nucleus in the brain of songbirds is necessary for the learning and production of bird song. This part of the bird brain is connected to both the robust nucleus of the arcopallium and the anterior forebrain pathway.
ANSWER: HVC [accept high vocal center; accept hyperstriatum ventrale, pars caudalis; prompt on vocal control nucleus]
<Science - Biology>
Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| Cry of the Common Loon | A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Stanford+ | Berkeley | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Where are the ACF Nationals recordings? | number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |