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An in depth thesis about Birdshit

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The Stochastic Rhythm of Bird Song

The stench of human piss is unpleasant but you kind of forget it after 10 minutes. It's hard to pin down bird shit because it asks quite a lot of me. Bird song contains what are called stochastic rhythms which titulates our brains. When birdsong is in present and all we're left with is the sound of industry and traffic this can bring an anxiety upon us a sense of doom. If you reintroduce trees into a city by putting things like trees in there it can ambiently and gradually reduce our feelings of anxiety and interestingly they've done studies on the human mood when we're in cities where there isn't a lot of birdsong.

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