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Birds Can Detect Predators Using Smell Monday, April 28, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Biology   
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Many animal species detect and avoid predators by smell, but this ability has largely been ignored in the study of birds, since it was traditionally thought that they did not make use of this sense. However, it has now been discovered that birds are not only capable of discerning their enemies through chemical signals, but that they also alter their behaviour depending on the perceived level of risk of predation. (source: sciencedaily.com)
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