Taste as a tool
AVMA News
APRIL 29, 2024
Researchers at Hill’s Pet Nutrition and elsewhere have spent decades gathering data about food palatability and investigating why pets have certain taste preferences.
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Some Ingenuity Can Go a Long Way
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 28, 2014
The use of tool by animals is surprisingly rare. I find fascinating the fact that Egyptian Vultures , New Caledonian Crows and Woodpecker Finches learned to use a tool with tremendous success. Among Woodpecker Finches, young birds quickly learn to use tools by watching how adult birds do it. Woodpecker Finch using a tool.
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It is missing one item, the chapter on “Yellow-bellied Kingbirds” in Better Birding: Tips, Tools & Concepts fort the Field by George L. The three-page Bibliography lists books and articles on bird identification and distribution status, including chapters from Birds of the World, all in impeccable citation style.
The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows
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4 The Love Of Animals
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