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Fri 02 Feb 2009Pigeons, jay birds and baboons are not pigeon-brained
THINK TWICE next time you dismissively shoo a pigeon out of your way. That bird is far brainier than you might imagine. Research presented at the AAAS meeting shows pigeons, but also crows, baboons, monkeys and jay birds have more intelligence than we are perhaps willing to admit.
Studies of all these animals prove they have capabilities that would have remained unknown until tested.
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