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Llamas can learn by watching others

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Llamas solve problems faster after watching people do it

Llamas are able to learn from other llamas and even more effectively from humans, possibly because thousands of years of domestication gave them the ability to read human social cues

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Two chimpanzees on Ngamba Island, Uganda

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Chimpanzees can prepare for alternative futures

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Male harbour seals use complex vocalisations to try to attract females

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Male harbour seals may learn vocalisations years before they need them

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A desert ant (Cataglyphis fortis) on its nest mound

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Desert ants build landmarks to help them find their way home

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Photographs of communal wound licking by (a) an adult female and adult male bison (Bison bison) and (b) an adult male bison, on two different GPS-collared bison in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, on 28 September 2022.

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Bison lick each other's wounds after a traumatic experience

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Portrait of family of a Chimpanzee bonobo ( Pan paniscus). Democratic Republic of Congo. Africa

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Apes have the same willingness to share food as small children

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Bumblebees can teach each other how to open a puzzle box

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Ginger kitten playing with a cardboard box.

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Surprising new research on cats will make you see yours in a new light

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Dogs can tell when you want to give them a treat – even if you don’t

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Two people, little girl playing with toy blocks, her mother is sitting next to her at home.

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Children aged 5 are better at switching their attention than chimps

In a task based on switching between two sets of rules, 5-year-olds score highly, while 4-year-olds and chimpanzees lag behind

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Small and speedy animals perceive time faster than big, slow creatures

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Adélie penguins show signs of self-awareness on the mirror test

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Black widow spiders remember their prey if it is stolen

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Woodpecker brains process their own tree-drumming as if it's birdsong

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