Animal cognition: rooks team up to solve a problem.
A recent study has found that rooks team up to get food in a cooperative instrumental task, but they may have difficulties in understanding when cooperation is necessary and how it works.
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Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle, Austria. thomas.bugnyar@univie.ac.at <thomas.bugnyar@univie.ac.at>
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D032882:Comprehension; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D046368:Crows / Q000502:physiology*; D011340:Problem Solving / Q000502:physiology*