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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows

10,000 Birds

And most recently, a team of researchers from New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Austria have demonstrated that New Caledonian Crows understand UCAs. The next graph shows the average number of times per trial that the crow decided to abandon an effort to get at the food. Here’s the idea.

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Make sure you look after your pet with insurance

4 The Love Of Animals

According to the RSPCA, in 2008 there was a 57% increase in the number of animals abandoned by their owners in the UK. A similar problem is also occurring in the United States, where the Humane society of the United states claims that up to 8 million animals enter animal shelters each year, showing that this is an international problem.

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