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Cockatoos have learned to operate drinking fountains in Australia (www.science.org)

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The behavior—never before seen in birds—may be a developing cultural tradition among one population

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[–] Frivolous_Beatnik@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago

We have evidence of cultural knowledge transfer among groups of animals and people will still claim they don't really learn like humans, and instead only exhibit basic pattern recognition. Gotta deprogram human supremacy out of people.