#love

"Were the singers human, researchers might also explain the duets in terms of affection. Since they’re birds, the researchers describe the songs in terms of maintaining pair bonds, predator avoidance and conferred reproductive advantages. Vignal plans further studies of the duets, but thinks there’s more than reproductive imperatives in the tiny birds’ hearts and brains."

"I had a warez party and we all brought our hard drives and terrabyte arrays and shared a bunch of music. Now I have all this music on my hard drive -- it's kind of like the remnants of a crazy night of love"

"Whatever, altruism and happiness seem to go together in the realm of love." Again, surprised that this is a surprise.