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Science of Play w/Gordon Burghardt

Here We Are

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The Oldest Basketball Player at the Zoo: How a Reptile Curator Proved that Turtles Can Play

A zoo curator used toys like basketballs to entertain a turtle that was self-injuring./nThis was the first documented evidence of reptiles playing./nThe idea that play is only found in mammals and birds is changing with this discovery.

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