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Maybe there's seagulls, maybe they're just crazy (infosec.pub)

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[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

We used male voices in our experiment as most wildlife crimes against gulls reported in the media are committed by men. Although we did not test this, it seems likely that gulls are more wary of men’s voices compared to women’s voices – as found in nestling jackdaws as well as in African elephants. Men are more likely to represent a threat to these animals than women or children.

I feel like it wouldn’t have been that much more effort to get female voices as well, as they were using recordings anyways. Could also help add support to the referenced paper as well.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 5 points 5 days ago

But that's exactly what i explained above, and which is also explained in your pull quote. It's not that also using women's voices would've been harder, it's that doing so would've been a worse study design. A good study narrows down factors to as few as possible.