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Of Eagle Abduction

10,000 Birds

It’s tempting to imagine that, like our fear of snakes, this impulse goes back to the days when death from above was a real possibility for our ancestors due to the ancient equivalents of the Monkey-eating Eagle and Harpy Eagle. I suspect that, like so many of what seem our primal instincts, the real basis is far more psychological.

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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows

10,000 Birds

This is something not seen in very young children but then typically develops and becomes observable and testable by psychology graduate students who have done innumerable studies on it. Even among our primate relatives, whoa are generally very smart, “Theory of Mind” is found in only a few species.

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