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Suddenly, sheepish investors began to form lines at banks, determined to avoid having their names printed in the newspapers as unpatriotic hoarders. When the hoarders revisited the trays in private, the birds who'd been watched by a dominant bird during the first episode shifted more treats to other hiding places than did birds watched by a subordinate, a mate, or no other jay. An inexpensive and environmentally friendly hobby, as the English word-buff Ivor Brown observed: "The snatchers and hoarders of birds' eggs and of flowers first create a scarcity, then hunt down the rarities. |
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