BI 137 Brian Butterworth: Can Fish Count?
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Fish Can Be Pretty Good at Numbering
Birds count just about as well as primates, or if not better, in some cases they might do better. Gray parrots, like the famous grey parrot alex, who could count and actually tell you in words how many hed counted. And then maybe we could talk about how how to tell whether they're actually counting or using some othercues. Well, small fish a like to live in shoals. They are very good at counting. We've known for nearly a hundred years, are veryGood at counting. Ah, so they, they can be pretty good. And parrots have been retested again, so, ye, you know, these a, so the
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