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« on: 28-Aug-12, 05:38:05 PM »
http://youtu.be/uBuPiC3ArL8

This Green Heron shows some real learning behavior. It actually feeds bread to fish to catch it. The method succeeds, a true testimony to bird cognition. The most amazing is, it seems to be hungry but does not eat the bread like the surrounding Ibises do.

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« Reply #1 on: 28-Aug-12, 05:43:58 PM »
Now that was pretty amazing! He's up there with the crows!
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« Reply #2 on: 28-Aug-12, 05:54:23 PM »
He didn't eat the bread cuz he heard fish was better for him!  Grin
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« Reply #3 on: 28-Aug-12, 07:23:17 PM »
Smart!  thumbsup
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« Reply #4 on: 29-Aug-12, 04:37:47 AM »
Amazing!
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« Reply #5 on: 29-Aug-12, 04:49:53 PM »
Very clever green heron!
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