David Cooper

Right?

Mine's sparkle.

Is that even a color?

I don't know.

How do you even discover whether a bird wants a certain color of nest?

Like, how do you set up an experiment like that?

What does it actually mean to say that this bird, the zebra finch, has a color preference?

Like, how do you know it's not just random or just that string was closer to me?

And how much do these birds like these colors?

Are they basically like ignoring what all their peers are doing, getting obsessed with the color or are they just kind of like, yeah, I guess I prefer pink, but whatever?

Honestly, kind of relatable.

Like when I was a kid, if my parents bought me a new Lego set, you know, once every quarter or whenever they did, my friends wanted to hang out.

I'm like, no, thank you.

I'm going to stay in the basement and play with these small blocks.

Is that what these birds are doing?

They're just like, don't care about what's going on.

And why would they not care what's going on with their peers?

Why would they love this color so much?

And it just goes to show scientifically birds are people too, said no scientist ever.

Okay, for the birds that have these strong preferences, do the males do certain things with the nest building pink stuff than the females do?