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Welcome to Come@Me Week

10,000 Birds

1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. 7PM – Greg: If Birds are Dinosaurs I’m a Monkey’s Uncle. 7AM – Donna: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds. 1PM – Erica: New Birders Are More Fun Than Experienced Birders. 7AM – Dragan: Watching Gulls is for Weirdos.

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Southwest Primate Center "Celebrates" 10 Years

Critter News

“Without giving away the name so we don't get sued, we modeled the diet after a fast-food value meal,” Comuzzie said Thursday at a 10th birthday celebration for the Southwest National Primate Research Center, which maintains the foundation's massive colony of baboons, monkeys and chimps.

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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. During habituation, learning to use the tool to get into this particular box, the crows never gave up.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

He writes, "The dog remained a vital tool in biomedical research for more than 300 years and was the vehicle for a remarkable run of medical breakthroughs.". Part V: Me and My Monkey. He talks about "My research monkey," Clayton, and what he did to Clayton, and writes as if Clayton didn't mind at all. But not shocked enough.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Crows from the remote Pacific island of New Caledonia show incredibly high-level skills when they make and use tools. They get much of their food using tools, and they do this better than chimpanzees. They can add features to improve a tool, a skill supposedly unique to humans. As we all know, dogs are “man’s best friend.”

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