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https://archive.is/ce2a7 :

Birds are more like ‘feathered apes’ than ‘bird brains’ | Environment | The Guardian

'Instead, it argues with an overwhelming amount of evidence that a number of bird species should be considered more as “feathered apes.”The idea that birds are unintelligent was initially proposed by looking at the brains of birds. '

'When Jane Goodall observed chimpanzees making tools in 1960, humans lost their self-aggrandizing status as the world’s only tool makers. '

'Worryingly, only a handful of bird species (out of 10,000-plus) have actually been systematically tested on their intelligence. '

'In the laboratory, they are capable of making tools out of objects they’ve never encountered before and even rival primates in their ability to craft tools. '

'Birds lack a cerebral cortex, which allowed scientists for decades to assume they were incapable of any higher thinking. '

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