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Are the least social animals the most innovative?

Dromedaries and goats, the most skilled

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University of Barcelona

Are the least social animals the most innovative?

video: The experiment was carried out on 111 animals from 13 different species, among which there were goats, dromedaries, Przewalki horses, giraffes, llamas, sheep and deer, among other ungulates, which lived in captivity in the zoos of Barcelona, Barbent (France), Nuremberg and Leipzig (Germany). Each of these groups of animals had to deal with a test, consisting opening a type of container they did not know and which contained their favourite food. view more 

Credit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA


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