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Like humans, these big-brained birds may owe their smarts to long childhoods

Source: Science magazine

Corvids, birds in the crow family, give new meaning to the phrase “bird-brained.” Read on to learn what these intelligent birds have in common with humans.

This entry was posted in Animal Intelligence and tagged Science & Nature on November 1, 2020 by Daniella Navarro.

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