A critical look at the birdbrain and the evidence that birds can 'read' minds

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	A critical look at the birdbrain and the evidence that birds can 'read' minds (theneurosphere.com)
	2 points by neurosphere 3753 days ago

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whatnotests 3753 days ago

Of course they can. Didn't you see The Beastmaster? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083630/

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mchahn 3753 days ago

> the male consistently tried to feed his female with foods that differed from what he had recently seen her eating.

Calling this mind-reading is blatant click-bait. He watched them feed her.

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neurosphere 3752 days ago

It's not necessarily the case. Most animals would disregard whatever feeding they saw, and select the 'old' or 'new' food for their partner at chance level, indicating no awareness of satiation on one food

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