Email approach in humans matched to bird behaviour

Scottish researchers have matched 12 different approaches to using email to typical behaviour in certain birds.
Among the categorisations is the night owl - a midnight emailer who does not recognise others wish to have time off.
The boorish parrot sends abusive or inappropriate emails and fails to understand why others get upset.
The team from Glasgow and West of Scotland Universities found the perfect emailer was the Robin, who makes time to speak to people in person.
Dr Karen Renaud, from Glasgow University's school of computing science, said: "Email has rapidly become a vital business communication tool and a lot of people we spoke to say they would not be able to do their jobs without it.