A critical look at the birdbrain and the evidence that birds can 'read' minds

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Post by neurosphere » Sat, Mar 12, 2016, 7:59 PM UTC

A critical look at the birdbrain and the evidence that birds can 'read' minds
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Re: A critical look at the birdbrain and the evidence that birds can 'read' minds

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Post by whatnotests » Sat, Mar 12, 2016, 8:00 PM UTC

Of course they can. Didn't you see The Beastmaster? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083630/

Re: A critical look at the birdbrain and the evidence that birds can 'read' minds

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Post by mchahn » Sat, Mar 12, 2016, 10:08 PM UTC

> the male consistently tried to feed his female with foods that differed from what he had recently seen her eating.

Calling this mind-reading is blatant click-bait. He watched them feed her.

Re: A critical look at the birdbrain and the evidence that birds can 'read' minds

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Post by neurosphere » Sun, Mar 13, 2016, 11:04 AM UTC

mchahn wrote: post #3

> the male consistently tried to feed his female with foods that differed from what he had recently seen her eating. Calling this mind-reading is blatant click-bait. He watched them feed her.

It's not necessarily the case. Most animals would disregard whatever feeding they saw, and select the 'old' or 'new' food for their partner at chance level, indicating no awareness of satiation on one food