Joking apart, the great tit is a born survivor

Wenlock Edge Since the 1960s the great tit population has doubled. These dapper but tough birds are becoming a global powerGreat tits will take over the world. You see my problem already – it’s the name. Unless you can disassociate from the Carry On innuendo of “tit”, this bird is always going to be a joke. It supposedly gets its name from titmouse: in Old English, tit means small and “mouse” is a corruption of māse, a bird name of Germanic origins.
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