Episode 317 – Watching Animals Think

I personally believe that all animals think although perhaps not using the same parts of their nervous systems the same way we do. However if you’re new to observing them do this, I suggest you begin with young animals because young animals are virtual thinking machines.  Here young Ollie masters all the math and physics necessary to decide whether to make his first leap from the bed to the pillow-covered bench at the bottom of it

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Meanwhile young Bamboo and the donkey foal use their noses to learn about novel features of their environments.

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