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Heavy metal poisoning may be changing birds’ personalities

22 March 2018

Great tits exposed to toxic metals like cadmium and lead alter their behaviour, becoming less exploratory and more cautious, suggesting their personalities have been reshaped

Ravens can plan for future as well as 4-year-old children can

13 July 2017

The smart birds seem to have evolved this flexible cognitive ability independently from hominids as the two lineages diverged about 320 million years ago

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Heavy metal poisoning may be changing birds’ personalities

Ravens can plan for future as well as 4-year-old children can

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