Bird brains? New research places Magpie on a shortlist that includes homo sapiens
"You need a large brain with a lot of connectivity. If it had been a sparrow, it would have been a problem."
-- Franz de Waal, primate behavior expert at Emory University, comments on new findings indicating magpies have the ability to recognize themselves in a mirror, the first non-mammal on a short list that includes humans, four types of apes, bottlenose dolphins and Asian elephants, all of which have a neocortex, which the magpie does not.
-- Franz de Waal, primate behavior expert at Emory University, comments on new findings indicating magpies have the ability to recognize themselves in a mirror, the first non-mammal on a short list that includes humans, four types of apes, bottlenose dolphins and Asian elephants, all of which have a neocortex, which the magpie does not.
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- MeganMcKenzie
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it seems that consciousness transcends biology
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- celestialceiling
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interesting.
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