Birds also own 'love hormones' like humans

Recent research from scientists points out, this "love hormone" helps birds more liberal than their own.

Oxytocin is known by scientists as a romantic name "love hormone". In essence, it is a chemical found in human brains that regulates complex behaviors such as empathy, joy, attachment in relationships.

Although oxytocin is involved in complex behaviors it appears to be unique to humans.

But surprisingly, this hormone is also found in other animals.

Oxytocin hormone is also found in birds.

"In mammals, we call this hormone oxytocin. In birds, we call this hormone mesotocin, " said Dr Juan Duque, a neuroscientist at the University of Nebraska . In fact, it is still the oxytocin chemical found in birds. "

Dr. Duque and his colleagues surveyed birds called Pinyon Jay - a relative of birds with crows to identify two problems: The first is the level of oxytocin impact on them. The second is whether the role of this hormone is the same as in humans.

They designed experiments, in which Pinyon Jay bird was allowed to choose: only I ate the worms or shared with the neighbor in the next cage.

This experiment was to confirm the theory of biology that Pinyon Jay was one of the birds that shared food with his fellow humans.

Indeed, these experiments all claim that Pinyon Jay birds are ready to feed their friends. Next, the researchers again conducted experiments to see how generous Jay's birds were in the process of sharing their food with their peers.

They inject a certain amount of oxytocin hormone into the noses of these birds and observe how their interactions change.

This kind of beneficial sharing actions for other children is often called "social behavior."

They found that the enhancement of mesotocin made birds more generous, willing to share food with their neighbors. The results of these experiments are published in the journal Biology Letters.

In animals, this way of sharing good things with other children is often called "social behavior."

Dr Duque said: "Like oxytocin in mammals, mesotocin plays an important role in the social behavior of birds.

They share food with each other or have "other social behavior" aimed at maintaining and creating more relationships with other birds. Thus, Pinyon Jay bird can use different social behaviors to connect, create interaction and happiness among them. "