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Polly Share A Cracker? Parrots Can Practice Acts Of Kindness, Study Finds

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Recent research has explored "helping" behavior in species ranging from nonhuman primates to rats and bats. To see whether intelligent birds might help out a feathered pal, scientists did an experiment using African grey parrots like these.

Researchers found that African grey parrots voluntarily helped a partner get a food reward by giving the other bird a valuable metal token that could be exchanged for a walnut.

(Image credit: Henry Lok/EyeEm/Getty Images)


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