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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows

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A number of research projects have sought to determine if some of these human brain abilities are found in other animals. Research to determine the ability to understand the HCA vs. Research to determine the ability to understand the HCA vs. UCA distinction has shown this to be rare as well. But that’s another story.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. Sometimes a chimpanzee, usually an adult male, will dance at a waterfall with total abandon. Harvard University psychologist Marc Hauser observed what could be called embarrassment in a male rhesus monkey.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats. On the WCS web page, Ms. What happened to Thelma and Louise? Or any of the other female Pink Pigeons (there are 8!)?

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