Animal Minds
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A twine for all things related to the scientific understanding of cognition and emotion in non-human animals.
Some fun (non-science) posts are okay too (e.g., videos of elephants painting or dolphins blowing ring bubbles), but the primary focus is on understanding animal minds via science.
Some fun (non-science) posts are okay too (e.g., videos of elephants painting or dolphins blowing ring bubbles), but the primary focus is on understanding animal minds via science.
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Why dolphins are deep thinkers | Science | The GuardianAt the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi, Kelly the dolphin has built up quite a reputation. All the dolphins at the institute are trained to hold onto any litter that falls into their pools until they see a trainer, when they can trade the litter for fish. In this way, the ...
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Dolphins filmed playing football using a jellyfish | Mail OnlineCaught on camera: Dolphins play football with a JELLYFISH Dolphins have been filmed playing an impromptu game of football... using a jellyfish as an improvised ball. A team of marine biologists were astonished to see a dolphin swim under a jellyfish and with a quick flick of its tail shoot ...
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NY Times, TED Conference Scammed by “Vending Machine for Crows” Theory | InfoAddictNY Times, TED Conference Scammed by “Vending Machine for Crows” Theory The Times has since learned that Klein was never at the Binghamton Zoo, and there were no crows on display there in June 2008. He performed these experiments with captive crows in a Brooklyn apartment; he told the ...
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The Orangutan and the Hound Dog- Video - Random Collection from WebThe Orangutan and the Hound Dog- Video
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An Elephant and a Dog : The Animal Odd Couple - Random Collection from WebAn Elephant and a Dog : The Animal Odd Couple
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Dogs as intelligent as two-year-old children - Telegraphawesome! they should do selective breeding projects with dogs until we can have conversations with them =D oh but they we'd have to give them rightsMax Wang added 2 months ago
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Why microbes are smarter than you thought - life - 30 June 2009 - New Scientist"If B. subtilis individuals are growing in a food-poor area, they release chemicals into their surroundings. These essentially tell their neighbours: "There's not much food here, so clear off or we'll both starve."François Dongier added 4 months ago
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19Life ItselfThis book looks fascinating. I keep seeing references to it in emerging philosophical and scientific literature around artificial life and consciousness. It relates heavily to Stephen Wolfram's concepts around computational irreducibility and computational equivalence. However at some level, I ...Nova Spivack added 5 months ago
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YouTube - Victor the Budgie on MarriageThis is a video of my budgie Victor who has attracted quite a bit of interest over the past 10 years. He had a vocabulary of over 1000 words and understood their meaning. His videos are great examples of how some parrots can speak in context.Ryan Reynolds added 5 months ago
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19Sparrows solve problems more quickly in larger groups : Not Exactly Rocket ScienceThis is very interesting evidence for the power of collective intelligence. It seems to be a data-point in favor of the idea that a "Global Brain" would have huge evolutionary advantages for the human species -- we could solve problems faster, innovate faster, learn faster. It seems nature ...Nova Spivack added 6 months ago
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