Now, around the time that this song was in heavy rotation, biologists were in deep discussion about whether bird species, notably songbirds and waterfowl were actually monogamous or not. See, for decades, generations of science students were taught that well over 90 percent of the bird species were monogamous.
Durante el tiempo que esta canción estaba de moda, los biólogos discutían sobre si las especies de aves, notablemente aves cantoras y acuáticas en realidad, eran monógamas o no. Durante décadas, a generaciones de estudiantes de ciencias se les enseñó que más del 90 % de las especies de aves eran monógamas.