Rat race: rodents can be taught to drive — and love it

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Monkeys engage in visual simulation to solve complex problems

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Bonobos recognize when humans are ignorant, try to help | Study provides evidence that our relatives have a "theory of mind."

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Wild fish can tell humans apart when they dress differently, study finds - Researchers say study, which involved training bream to follow a specific diver for treats, could change the way we treat fish.

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A crow's reasoning skills include geometry | Crows recognize geometric regularity

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Study Finds Dolphins Can Make Human Vowel Sounds 🐬🗣️ as Experts Launch AI-Powered Dolphin Translation 🤖🌊

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Scientists from SETI document for the first time humpback whales producing large bubble rings during interactions with humans 🐋💨. This may represent play or communication, and contributes to SETI’s broader goal of studying non-human intelligence to aid in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence 🌌👽.

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Fish may be smarter than we think 🐟💡. Lab-based studies of learning and memory in fish may underestimate their true cognitive abilities in the wild 🌊. A new tool allows scientists to study fish cognition in the wild 🔍. The study of fish cognition has implications for the care of captive fish 🏠🐠.

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The role of social transmission in the use of a new behaviour by killer whales in response to fisheries 🐋🔄🎣

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Chimps Are Capable of Human-Like Rational Thought 🐒💭, Breakthrough Study Finds 🔍📚

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Orcas seen killing young great white sharks 🦈 by flipping them upside-down: scientists have observed a specialist shark-hunting pod in the Gulf of California 🌊 repeatedly targeting juvenile white sharks, flipping them upside-down and taking out their energy-rich livers 🥩 to share with the pod.

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Bees learn to read simple ‘Morse code’ 🐝📡 - study shows that bumblebees can be trained to differentiate between long and short light flashes. This has been seen only in humans and other vertebrates such as macaques or pigeons.

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Bees 🐝 Understand Morse Code. It Could Change How We See Human Intelligence 🧠.

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Orangutans can't master their complex diets without cultural knowledge 🦧🌿, research reveals. When a wild orangutan leaves its mother after spending many years by her side, it has a mental catalog of almost 250 edible plants 🌱 and animals 🐾, and the knowledge of how to acquire and process them.

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🐄 An Austrian cow named Veronika has demonstrated an unprecedented ability to use tools, specifically a deck brush, to scratch herself.

🌾 Veronika, a 13-year-old brown Swiss cow, exhibited intelligence by selecting different parts of the brush for various scratching needs, even adjusting the tool with her tongue.

🔬 Researchers Antonio Osuna Mascaró and Alice Auersperg from the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna confirmed this multi-purpose tool use, a trait previously observed only in chimpanzees beyond humans.

🤔 The discovery challenges long-held assumptions about livestock intelligence and suggests cattle may possess untapped potential for innovation.

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Dogs act like toddlers when you need help - but cats just watch. Scientists compared 3 groups: pet dogs, cats, and human toddlers in an experiment where a human parent hides and pretends to look for an object. 75% of dogs and children helped. Cats only helped if it was in their personal interest.

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Scientists captured the first detailed footage of a sperm whale birth and found it wasn't just a family affair — whales from another pod came to help. This is a behavior typically seen in humans but is rare for other animals, suggesting that sperm whales might be more intelligent than we thought.

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⚪ Researchers found that beluga whales can recognize themselves in mirrors, suggesting a high level of self-awareness.

⚪ This ability places belugas on a list with other intelligent animals like chimpanzees, dolphins, and elephants, indicating social and empathetic species may share this trait.

⚪ The study, published in PLOS One on May 20, involved four captive belugas at the New York Aquarium, with whales Natasha and Maris showing significant self-recognition behaviors.

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Bumblebees have passed a classic intelligence test once thought unique to primates. Researchers designed a two-step puzzle box where bees had to perform an unrewarded task pushing a blue tab before they could access a sugar reward by pushing a yellow tab.

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Dolphins Filmed Hunting With Shells – And Possibly Passing Skill to Their Offspring. Dolphins chase prey into a large, empty seasnail shell, then raise the shell above water and gulp down the contents. Study provides first evidence that mothers may be teaching shelling strategy to their calves.

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