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The reason we hear songbirds is plate tectonics

Natalie Muller, Conor DillonSeptember 9, 2016

For 25 million years, songbirds were trapped on an island, tweeting, chirping, warbling, trilling and hooting among themselves. DW's Natalie Muller has this report on how it took a geological fluke for our singing, feathered friends to ultimately land at our own doorsteps.

https://p.dw.com/p/1JzJm

Presented by Natalie Muller, report by Conor Dillon