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Dinosaurs were successful on Earth eons before mammals, and birds - their modern descendants continue to outshine mammals in many ways.
Among BIRDS there are:
aerial acrobats, marathon athletes; songsters, weavers and builders, fishers and deep sea divers, hunters, navigators and even tool makers.
.... all which makes the derogatory expression ‘bird brain’ a puzzle.
As with many other species, humans have underestimated birds’ abilities and failed to observe or understand purposeful behaviours.
In spite of our great intelligence we continue to define the worlds of other species within the narrow framework of our own perceptual and physical capabilities and experience.
And then, there is that vexed question of intelligence....
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