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title: ""Birds given low doses of the pain killer Fentanyl produce…"
date: 2020-08-26
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# "Birds given low doses of the pain killer Fentanyl produce…

*August 26, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8665815/Starlings-treated-low-doses-FENTANYL-produce-songs-like-free-form-jazz.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8665815/Starlings-treated-low-doses-FENTANYL-produce-songs-like-free-form-jazz.html){target="_blank"}
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\"Birds given low doses of the pain killer Fentanyl produce \'gregarious\' song that \'sounds like free-form jazz\', a study shows.\
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Researchers from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, theorised that when birds sing, opioids are produced in their brains that give them pleasure.\
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To prove their theory they gave starlings a doze of Fentanyl - an opioid used as a pain killer and a recreational drug - and then listened to their song.\
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They found that when birds sing for pleasure, rather than to mark out territory or to find a mate, the singing is \'gregarious\' and sounds like jazz.\'\"\
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[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8665815/Starlings-treated-low-doses-FENTANYL-produce-songs-like-free-form-jazz.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8665815/Starlings-treated-low-doses-FENTANYL-produce-songs-like-free-form-jazz.html){target="_blank"}\
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Original study here:\
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[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-67684-1](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-67684-1){target="_blank"}
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