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Pigeons may be smarter than we think

By Naila Moreira
Globe Correspondent / November 20, 2006

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Being a "bird brain" may not be all bad. Pigeons, those humble city nuisances, appear capable of previously unrecognized feats of memory and reasoning, according to two new studies out of Tufts University. (Full article: 779 words)

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