animal intelligence
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These Clever Parrots Can Understand Probability
Scientists studying kea, New Zealand’s alpine parrot, revealed that the famously mischievous birds could understand probabilities, an impressive mental feat.
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Unprecedented Video Shows Pigs Using Tools
Pigs may never fly, but they’re capable of using tools, as fascinating new research demonstrates.
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Scientists Study Headbanging Parrot To Learn Why Music Makes Us Dance
Snowball the dancing parrot doesn’t just bob his head when he hears music. He headbangs. He headbangs with a lifted foot. He vogues.
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Heartbreaking New Observations Suggest Gorillas May Grieve For Their Dead
Wild gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda exhibit a variety of behaviours around dead individuals, according to new research. Behaviours such as grooming, sniffing, and poking the dead, and in one case a young gorilla’s attempt at comfort nursing, suggests these primates, like humans, grieve for their dead.