alt Hacker NewsIt's noteworthy to me that every scientific discovery is that non-human animals are "more clever than we thought" - and never ever the other way around.
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functionmouse • yesterday at 7:17 PM
I've seen a couple "Koalas are even dumber than we thought" articles
Poor lads really are exceptionally dumb
fellowniusmonk • yesterday at 7:17 PM
Koalas are the one that springs to mind. I believe the test result was "does not recognize their only food source (eucalyptus leaves) when served plated."
lo_zamoyski • yesterday at 7:55 PM
It would be uninteresting. Think of almost any headline where some species is described as "dumber than previously thought". Not especially interesting.
"We gave an animal some tools and a mirror and it ignored the tools and couldn't recognize itself" happens too often to be a headline.