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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows

10,000 Birds

Capuchin monkeys, macaques, Cotton Top Tamarins, Chimpanzees, and many other animals, including various birds, have been investigated and found to be unable to make inferences about HCAs. And most recently, a team of researchers from New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Austria have demonstrated that New Caledonian Crows understand UCAs.

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Sandwich Tern in New York

10,000 Birds

Second of all, there were no birders on the flats, which means that Seth and Shai had spotted the bird from the restaurant, which, while it sits up high on the barrier island that is Cupsogue Beach County Park, is quite distant from the spot on the flats where the terns are. Theoretical birding distant. Absurdly distant. … a.

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Manx Shearwaters

10,000 Birds

As a youngster of 10-weeks old, it is abandoned by its parents and left to fend for itself. Its first flight will take it from its burrow, usually on the west coast of the United Kingdom, to the coast of South America, an extraordinary journey for an unaccompanied minor. You have got to admire the Manx Shearwater.