Evidence that exposure to song is important in white-crowned sparrows learning to sing includes which of the following?

A. They need to hear songs from other male white-crowned sparrows from 10–50 days after hatching.
B. They need to hear songs from any sparrow from 10–50 days after hatching to sing properly.
C. White-crowned sparrows raised in a laboratory cannot learn how to sing properly.
D. They must imprint on their father to learn how to sing their song properly.
E. They will not produce any song at all if they do not hear other birds sing.


A. They need to hear songs from other male white-crowned sparrows from 10–50 days after hatching.

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