Baby chicks do basic arithmetic

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Baby birds can do arithmetic, say researchers in Italy.

Scientists from the universities of Padova and Trento demonstrated chicks' ability to add and subtract objects as they were moved behind two screens.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7975260.stm


mmmmmm

 

[Baill Inneraora]

I hate it when barnyard fowl are smarter than me.

 

[Skyraider22]

Hmmmm. I need to look more into that I just read a book on how the brain works I wonder how the chicks figure it out

 

[maildude]

That puts them in the top 50 percentile among high school seniors!

 

[ChefChiTown]

Too bad they're not smart enough to figure out that they're going to be farmed for human consumption...

:licks lips:

 

[gunslingingbird]

Too bad they're not smart enough to figure out that they're going to be farmed for human consumption...

:licks lips:

Maybe you could invent a recipe for brainiac chickens. flylicker

 

[Becks...poamr]

Sometimes this world continues to fascinate me.

 

[Legzman]

how do they know the chicks are adding and subtracting and not just curious about whats behind the damn wall?

 

[Artimus]

If day old chicks can do basic math, shouldn't fully grown chickens be able to do calculus?

 

[ChefChiTown]

Maybe you could invent a recipe for brainiac chickens. flylicker

HMM...good idea.

Maybe I could call them "Smarty Pie Chicken Pot Pies"...or not?

 

[Wainkerr99]

^^ Ask me how I knew........

:rofl:

Amazing though. (About the chicks).