00:00Scientists believe animals are trying to adapt to climate change by altering their behavior.
00:08While many might be successful, some creatures fall into an ecological trap by changing their
00:12behavior in the wrong direction. A new study from the University of Exeter found chestnut-crowned
00:17babbler birds are falling victim to this. Eureka Alert reports that these birds responded to
00:21rising temperatures by altering behavior in ways that could actually lower successful breeding.
00:26They reacted to warm peak temps in early spring by breeding earlier, but it's still colder on average
00:31at this time than later in spring. Females should respond by incubating eggs more in the cold, but
00:35instead they incubate less to save energy. This might improve the birds' chances of survival,
00:40but being exposed to the cold is bad for incubating eggs. This mistake could make it harder for chicks
00:45to survive, making the climate change situation even worse for their species. The findings were
00:50published in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
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