Radio program highlights animal intelligence
February 20th, 2008
You may be surprised to learn how smart those birds at your backyard bird-feeder are.
On the next Calling All Pets, find out of being called a “Bird Brain” isn’t such a bad thing. Join Larry Meiller and zoologist Patricia McConnell as they explore the topic of intelligence in ravens and also welcome a guest to talk about the seductive mating rituals of animals in the high seas!
This post on scienceblogs.com explores the research of Bernd Heinrich from a recent article in Scientific American. Heinrich designed experiments to test ravens’ ability to solve problems, investigating whether behaviors were motivated by logic or instinct. Results suggested that they do, in fact, use logic.
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