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Submitted ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Cigarette butts have insecticidal properties. Many species of birds use material with special properties in their nests.

    Adaptation to the man-made environment is a sign of intelligence.

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    • HawlSera@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Indeed

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  • MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What is so unique about the manta having passed the test?

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    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Birds and mammals are widely considered to be intelligent but fish are not.

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  • DankDingleberry@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    dont forget ants. source animalcognition.org/…/list-of-animals-that-have-p…

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    • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ants? That’s amazing! I always though they had terrible vision just acute enough for orientation around landmarks and the sun. I never even knew they used vision to identify each other, let along themselves!

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      • HawlSera@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I thought they identified each other through smells

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  • HawlSera@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wait, the sting ray is self-aware? Mother fucker knew what he was doing when he killed Steve Irwin!

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  • tamagotchicowboy@hexbear.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What’s wrong with rubber band cigarette butt nest anyhow? Keeps parasites away and offers a little warm, low effort so energy saved, seems plenty decent to me.

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