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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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These Birds Learned To Avoid Yucky Food By Watching Videos On The Computer
Wild-caught birds in Finland seemingly learned to avoid certain foods by watching videos of other birds eating the snacks and reacting negatively, according to a new study.
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This Bird Went Extinct, Then Evolution Recreated It
Sometime between 136,000 and 240,000 years ago, a flock of awkward, leggy birds took off from Madagascar and arrived at a pristine island in the Aldabra atoll 400km away. “This is nice,” they may have thought ” there were no predators, and the birds colonised the island. Without the threat of predation, they eventually lost…
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Scientists Describe Trove Of New Bird Species On Indonesian Islands
Scientists encountered five previously undescribed bird species during a six-week trip to three Indonesian islands, according to a new study.