Can birds understand magic? - #RAZOR
Razor • 13m
🐦 Neil Cairns meets a team of scientists at the University of Cambridge who are studying crows and related birds to help understand the power of perception in animals, their ability to read minds and to anticipate the future.
To do this, Dr Nicola Clayton and her team are employing the use of magic with tests devised by in-house magicians and psychologists to test the birds' cognitive abilities with magic tricks designed to fool 🪄
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