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MC8MNB This view shows some of the suckers on this eight armed cephalopod. Day octopus, Octopus cyanea, Hawaii.

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Octopus brains may have become complex the same way human brains did

The relatively high intelligence of octopuses may be due in part to high numbers of microRNAs that could let them generate more types of neurons

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The Parrot in the Mirror review: Why humans evolved to be like birds

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How a rodent’s fear of cats shapes rainforests in Panama

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How a rodent’s fear of cats shapes rainforests in Panama

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pics of mother/infant bonobos supplied by the study authors

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Adjusting to a new sibling is highly stressful for bonobo infants

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Suckling piglets

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Female mammals that suckle another’s young have more offspring

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Sunray guppy

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Guppy fish can see optical illusions - but not in the same way we do

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rat contemplating time

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Rats can track the passage of time and judge their accuracy

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DJ0W3Y The orangutans are the two exclusively Asian species of extant great apes. Native to Indonesia and Malaysia.

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Orangutans can learn how to use stone tools as hammers and knives

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Raspy cricket

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Australian raspy cricket has the strongest bite of 650 insect species

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Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), British Columbia, Canada

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Fear of predators means sparrows struggle to raise chicks to adulthood

Sparrows on a collection of Canadian islands change their behaviour when they fear predators are nearby, and an experiment shows this reduces their ability to raise their offspring to adulthood

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Chimpanzees spotted apparently using insects to treat their wounds

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Learning styles in fruit flies may not be related to nature or nurture

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Female baboons that had a tough infancy are less sociable as adults

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Giant pandas more likely to reject cubs after artificial insemination

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